Outlook & Strategy
ScanOcean and Vegoil team up on new renewable marine fuel blend
Vessel Key Fjord has been bunkered with a B30-DMA fuel containing renewable feedstock of RME from Energifabriken, marking the start of a partnership between ScanOcean and Vegoil.
Six hydrogen production deals concluded in Tunisia
Tunisia has signed six memoranda of understanding (MoU) with European companies for the production of green hydrogen.
Uniper initiates bioLNG production at Gate terminal
Uniper has become the first shipper to start using bioLNG production capacity to convert biomethane into bioLNG at the Gate terminal.
MEC hails Great British Energy, Crown Estate partnership
This partnership is set to support early site development, speeding up marine energy deployment and creating a pipeline of projects for future renewable auctions.
Green Marine UK’s hydrogen CTV retrofit initiative receives RINA’s blessing
Green Marine UK’s initiative aiming to retrofit CTVs with hydrogen, fuel cells and battery, to cut emissions while servicing offshore wind farms, has been granted AiP by RINA.
Siemens Energy secures work for large-scale hydrogen project in Germany
Siemens Energy has been awarded a contract by EWE to supply a 280 MW electrolysis system for a large-scale hydrogen project in Emden.
European Commission okays €1.2 billion Spanish renewable hydrogen scheme
The European Commission has approved a €1.2 billion Spanish scheme to support investments in renewable hydrogen production.
Noble-Diamond Offshore merger process is off to a good start: Will it prompt further rig market consolidation moves?
With two of the world’s top five floating rig contractors merging into one, the market consolidation trend is ripe for further such moves, bringing the possibility of transformation endeavors in existing business models and a potential shift in offshore rig supply and demand dynamics.
Interview with Rovco CEO: New technologies can close huge offshore wind skills gap
New technologies have the ability to massively close the huge skills gap and shortage of workers that is looming over the offshore wind industry, allowing 10 to 17 times more work to be done by one person, according to Brian Allen, CEO of Rovco, a UK company focused on automating offshore wind servi
‘World-first electricity grid-scale wave energy device’ hits the water off Hawaii
Marine hydrokinetics pioneer Ocean Energy USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ocean Energy Group Ireland, has deployed what is said to be the world’s first electricity grid-scale wave energy device at the U.S. Navy’s test site in Hawaii. The 826-ton wave energy convertor buoy, the OE-35, was deployed
Second Jan De Nul XL cable layer named after ‘scientific genius’
Jan De Nul has named its new XL cable-laying vessel (CLV), identical to the Fleeming Jenkin ordered last year, after the Irish physicist William Thomson. William Thomson, ordered earlier this year, will have three carousels and a cable-carrying capacity of 28,000 tonnes, the same as the previously o
Germany approves import strategy for hydrogen and its derivatives
German Federal Cabinet has approved the import strategy for hydrogen and hydrogen derivatives.
Subsea7 taking steps to eliminate hydraulic leaks with advanced electric tools
Subsea7 has performed what it says is the first offshore trial of an initiative aimed at eliminating hydraulic leaks in subsea diving operations through the development of advanced electric tools. Subsea7 partnered with Scottish specialist in subsea electric innovation Impaq Technologies, who develo
Plans for German hydrogen core network gain ground
Transmission system operators (TSOs) have submitted the official application for the development of the German hydrogen core network to the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA).