French multi-energy major TotalEnergies has joined CorPower Ocean’s Pilot Access Program to evaluate wave energy technology as one of the solutions for decarbonization.
Danish renewable energy developer Floating Power Plant has just signed a €26 million grant agreement with the European Commission’s Innovation Fund for the Seaworthy project, which integrates floating wind, wave energy, and hydrogen production.
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has revealed it will add four new methanol engines to its portfolio, including Wärtsilä 20, Wärtsilä 31, Wärtsilä 46F and Wärtsilä 46TS engines which will be capable of operating on methanol fuel.
Norwegian equipment provider Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract to supply design, engineering, and equipment for two MGO/biofuel and methanol-ready chemical tankers for Swedish tanker operator Sirius Rederi AB.
Global OTEC and 2H Offshore have signed an agreement to combine their expertise and accelerate development of floating ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) technology.
Italian shipbuilding giant Fincantieri has set forth the main terms and conditions for the acquisition of 100% shares of Remazel Engineering.
Scottish Renewables has welcomed the announcement about €20 million secured from the EU for a 4MW tidal energy project that will be deployed offshore Scotland and led by Nova Innovation.
French president Emmanuel Macron has announced commercial tenders for tidal stream as part of the French energy strategy update (PPE), saying ‘we have to be at the top of our game in tidal stream’.
Nova Innovation has won EU funding for a 4MW tidal energy farm that will be home to the largest number of tidal turbines anywhere in the world.
French LNG containment specialist GTT has secured a new order from South Korean shipyard HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the tank design of two new LNG carriers. The order is related to two LNG carriers being built for an undisclosed European shipowner. Each vessel will offer a capacity of 174
Dutch offshore solar company Oceans of Energy has started scaling up its headquarters and construction facility to accommodate the growing needs for its offshore solar solution.
German liquefied gas systems’ provider TGE Marine has won a contract to provide the LNG containment, fuel gas supply and its proprietary boil-off-gas (BOG) Recondenser systems for four PCTCs on order with a consortium of shipowners including Oslo’s Gram Car Carriers ASA and Reederei Laeisz.
N-Sea has handed out a contract to Osbit for the delivery of a suite of equipment to enable the repair and lay of offshore cables.
In an interview with Offshore Energy, the founder and head engineer of Slovenia-based wave energy company Sigma Energy, Mile Dragic talked about the development of wave energy technology, demonstration projects, future plans and the challenges of working in an emerging renewable energy industry.
