Alfa Laval and Wallenius are joining forces in a 50/50 joint venture, named AlfaWall Oceanbird, that will supply wind propulsion solutions for cargo vessels and other ship types. Under the agreement signed on June 28, 2021, the plan is to have the first Oceanbird system onboard a vessel within five
Spanish senior energy officials have highlighted wave energy opportunities in the Basque Country region during their visit to Finish developer Wello’s Penguin wave energy device presently moored at the Bilbao Port.
Swedish-Israeli wave energy company Eco Wave Power has secured a grant from the Wohl Clean Growth Alliance to work with Queen Mary University of London on further advancement of its wave energy technology.
UK-based renewable energy technology company WITT has secured a £350,000 contract with the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) to develop energy harvesting technology for the subsea environment.
With the support of several European Union-funded research projects, the French wave energy start-up Seaturns has made significant advancements in the development of its wave energy technology, brining it only one step short of demonstration in real sea environment.
Old habits die hard. Hence, it may be a lot more difficult for the offshore energy industry and the maritime sector to make peace with the transition they have to undergo and renounce previous business practices. The message was echoed in this week’s protest of Greenpeace environmental activists, wh
Swedish-Israeli company Eco Wave Power has started collecting wave data offshore Porto for its planned wave energy project in the northwest region of Portugal.
Albania’s first floating solar plant, developed by Statkraft and Ocean Sun, has been severely damaged by an undisclosed incident, prompting the developers to start retrieving the floating unit ashore.
19 port authorities from Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and the US, have signed a declaration on their collective response to disruption, digitalisation, and decarbonisation. The declaration was signed at the 6th Port Authorities Roundtable (PAR), a virtual event hosted by the Antwerp Port Autho
The technology group Wärtsilä has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Global Energy Ventures (GEV) of Australia to cooperate on the inclusion of Wärtsilä propulsion systems in GEV’s compressed hydrogen (C-H2) ships. The cooperation aims at advancing GEV’s Approval in Principle (AiP) appl
Independent company for development, simulation and testing AVL has conducted an initial training session with project partners for the instrument that will help develop the VALID wave energy hybrid testing platform.
EU-backed Tidal Stream Industry Energiser Project (TIGER) is seeking industry feedback to evaluate how tidal energy sector could transition from manufacturing single prototype devices to tens or hundreds of commercial devices per year.
Norwegian engineering and equipment development company TECO 2030 ASA has raised NOK 20 million ($2.3 million) through a private placement of 3.2 million of new shares. The shares were issued at a price of NOK 6.164 per share to three new investors. “We intend to use the net proceeds from the privat
The team behind Wales’ national marine energy test facility, META, has welcomed the first deployment of a new open-source tool to measure high quality turbulence data in its pre-consented test site in Milford Haven.
