Eco Wave Power and its project partner Rogan Associates have conducted an official site visit to the Port of Heraklion in Greece to discuss the next steps for the planning of the 2MW wave energy project.
Damen Shipyards Group has secured the first sale of its Damen Air Cavity System (DACS), an air lubrication system, borne out of a collaboration with the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). The system maintains a thin layer of air over the flat bottom of a vessel’s hull, reducing resistance in
Danish company Wavepiston has made progress with its full-scale system that will soon be deployed offshore Canary Islands to demonstrate cost-efficient power production and desalination of seawater using wave energy.
Swiss freight trader Cargill has completed two pilot projects with Safetytech Accelerator, a dedicated technology accelerator established by Lloyd’s Register, involving robotic hull cleaning solutions and automated data collection from ship machinery. The projects were selected as part of Safetytech
SeaVolt project partners, which include Tractebel, DEME, and Jan De Nul, are making final preparations to install its first offshore solar energy test platform in the Belgian North Sea.
The construction of the methanol-ready Mein Schiff 7 cruise ship, being built for TUI Cruises at Finnish shipbuilding company Meyer Turku, has reached a landmark feat with the installation of main engines. The engines are being provided by Finnish technology company Wärtsilä and the ship will have a
MAN Energy Solutions is about to start developing retrofit solutions for medium-speed marine engines as part of a research association including WTZ Roßlau gGmbh and TU-Darmstadt. The three-year research project, ‘CliNeR-ECo’, is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate
In the race to achieve net-zero emissions, the maritime sector is turning its attention to hydrogen fuel as a potential game-changer. Hydrogen has uses as a direct fuel in both gaseous or potentially liquid form, and also as a feedstock for liquid hydrogen carriers such as ammonia or methanol. Howev
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has provided more than $3.5 million for 18 hydropower and marine energy projects as part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program.
The energy transition towards low-carbon and green energy sources is gaining momentum worldwide, driven by rising climate and energy security concerns. That being said, the thorny road toward decarbonization always seems to be stuck between the need to ‘act now’ and find the ‘silver bullet’. The sen
The European Commission has supported two major ocean energy projects – led by Floating Power Plant and Simply Blue Group’s Saoirse Wave Energy – which will take a share of €3.6 billion of investment provided to 41 large-scale clean tech projects through the EU Innovation Fund.
Multiple European hydrogen projects have been selected by the European Commission (EC) to be financed through the EU Innovation Fund. Specifically, the EC awarded over €3.6 billion to 41 large-scale clean tech projects, many of them being hydrogen-related. According to EC, the funding will contribut
The article is written by FICEP Group. Wind energy is certainly one of the key drivers for reducing CO2 emissions by 2050. To move towards this horizon, many nations are investing significant capital in the construction of onshore and offshore wind farms: the developers of these farms rely on compan
Dutch shipping company JR Shipping has completed the installation of Value Maritime’s Filtree and Carbon Capture technology on the 9th vessel, MV Emotion. The installation on the 2008-built containership of 1,440 TEU was completed in Hamburg, Value Maritime said in an update. The latest development
