In this In Focus column, we report on initiatives that reduce the ecological footprint of the offshore energy and maritime industry.
Crown Estate Scotland has announced plans to double the size of its energy and infrastructure team as part of its commitment to help Scotland meet its 2045 net-zero targets.
Dutch wave energy company Slow Mill Sustainable Power has come closer than ever to the first real sea demonstration of its wave energy prototype, which is currently undergoing final assembly before taking on the challenge of producing clean and renewable energy off the shores of the Netherlands.
Spanish research and technological development centre Tecnalia has unveiled a new version of the HarshLab laboratory with increased features and capabilities to carry out tests and research and development activities to address the needs of offshore industries and increase their competitiveness.
SIMEC Atlantis Energy has released the financial results for the first six months of 2021 showing an increase in losses for the tidal energy developer when compared to the same period a year before.
French independent renewable energy producer Qair has signed a partnership agreement with business accelerator for marine renewable energy Bretagne Ocean Power to jointly contribute to the deployment of floating offshore wind, renewable hydrogen and tidal stream energy in the French region of Britta
SIMEC Atlantis Energy, the developer behind the MeyGen tidal energy project, has conditionally raised £2.6 million in gross proceeds through the issue of new shares that will be used to fund the delivery of the company’s ‘first-of-a-kind’ projects.
Spanish company Wedge Global is designing a new wave energy converter model for the Sea-Titan project. Wedge Global is currently conducting factory acceptance tests on the prototype and initial results are “positive meeting expectations”, the Flow Accelerator stated in its recent post. According to
Finnish wave energy company AW-Energy has secured a new patent approval in the European Union for its latest generation WaveRoller wave energy technology.
French renewable energy services provider Mojo Maritime has announced plans to rebrand to James Fisher Renouvelables to offer full portfolio of services and capabilities to marine renewable energy projects in France.
Norwegian floating solar specialist Ocean Sun has signed an agreement to license its proprietary floating solar technology to the developer Sunneng Technology for the construction of a 1MWp pilot in China’s Province of Shandong.
Havfram is expected to place an order for a new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) in the next quarter of this year, the company revealed on 27 September as it announced a target of having a majority of its income coming from the renewable energy sector by the middle of this decade. The semi-su
This week saw a plethora of energy transition-related news across the offshore energy industry with updates telling of alternative deployments for offshore drilling rigs, new projects combining offshore wind and hydrogen, the urgency to decarbonise the shipping sector, and more.
Inna Braverman, founder and CEO of Eco Wave Power (EWP), has received the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Excellence Award during the 2021 WE Empower competition.
