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llustration/Morlais Demonstration Zone (Courtesy of Marine Energy Wales/Archive)

Regulation & Policy

Welsh marine energy sector breaks record with €120M investment over last year

The Marine Energy Wales annual State of the Sector Report has highlighted the progress and achievements of Wales in the marine renewable energy sector, unveiling €120.4 million investment in the sector over last year – nearly quadrupling the previous year’s figures.

about 3 years ago

Regulation & Policy

Aker BP cleared to dispatch Saipem rig for drilling ops in North Sea

Aker BP has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use one of Saipem’s rigs for operations on a field in the North Sea off Norway.

about 3 years ago

Noble Integrator jack-up rig; Source: Noble Corporation

Regulation & Policy

Thumbs-up for Aker BP to dispatch Noble rig for North Sea ops

Aker BP has received consent from Norway’s regulator to use one of Noble’s rigs for operations on a field in the North Sea off Norway.

about 3 years ago

Illustration/A potential design for future scalable tidal stream energy systems (Courtesy of Oxford University/Credit: Zilic de Arcos, DPhil thesis, 2021.)

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Industry and academia team up for €8M tidal stream energy project

The University of Oxford, along with two other universities and over twenty industry stakeholders and regulatory bodies, will work together on an ambitious €8.1 million project that will address the key challenges currently preventing the tidal energy sector from reaching its full potential.

about 3 years ago

Illustration/Orbital Marine Power's O2 tidal energy turbine (Courtesy of Orbital Marine Power)

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Tidal stream energy can serve as ‘effective complement’ to wider UK’s net zero and energy security efforts, report finds

The report on the potential of tidal stream energy to support sustainable growth in the UK, published by Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment, has concluded that this form of energy can serve as an effective complement to wider efforts on both net zero and energy security.

about 3 years ago

Regulation & Policy

Stena Line partners with Wärtsilä to convert vessels to methanol

Swedish ferry operator Stena Line has hired technology group Wärtsilä to convert some of its vessels to operate with methanol fuel. The conversions will include the fuel supply system and engine modifications, as well as integrating the new installations with the ships’ existing systems. The contrac

about 3 years ago

Regulation & Policy

Carbon storage license award seen as ‘significant milestone’ for UK CCS project

Synergia Energy has been awarded a license under the North Sea Transition Authority’s first carbon storage licensing round, which it sees as an important step for its carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.

about 3 years ago

Regulation & Policy

Study reveals vital ship design, crew training strategies for safe ammonia usage

A joint study into ammonia safety onboard ships undertaken by the Lloyd’s Register (LR) Maritime Decarbonisation Hub and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (MMMCZCS), has found that a range of mitigation methods, from ship design to crew training and operations, are required

about 3 years ago

An image mapping Hornsea Four location within the Hornsea Zone

Regulation & Policy

A win for coexistence in North Sea | BP and Ørsted reach agreement on offshore wind-CCS project overlap area

Ørsted and BP have reached an agreement on the previously disputed overlap area between the Hornsea Four offshore wind farm and the Endurance carbon storage site, developed by the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) that gathers BP, Equinor and TotalEnergies. Quick overview: Ørsted submitted an app

about 3 years ago

Regulation & Policy

EU clamps down on ship-to-ship transfers breaching Russian oil import ban

In a bid to tighten the enforcement of existing sanctions against Russia, the European Union has implemented a comprehensive 11th package of measures, including significant restrictions on ship-to-ship transfers. The new regulations, adopted by the Council, aim to curb circumvention tactics employed

about 3 years ago

Lloyd’s Register and Global OTEC teams (Courtesy of Global OTEC)

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Global OTEC gets Lloyd’s Register’s blessing for part of its floating OTEC system

UK-based company Global OTEC has secured an approval in principle from Lloyd’s Register for a barge that will support its floating ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) system.

about 3 years ago

EDF’s 20MWp floating solar plant in France (Courtesy of EDF/Photo by Rémi Flament)

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EDF opens 20MWp floating solar power plant in France

The EDF Group has opened the Lazer floating solar power plant, the first facility of its type to be constructed in France by subsidiary EDF Renewables, and the first to combine solar and hydroelectric power generation at a single site.

about 3 years ago

Regulation & Policy

EU urges IMO to set net-zero emissions target for 2050

The European Union (EU) has put forward an ambitious proposal to achieve net-zero emissions in the shipping sector by 2050. On 21 June 2023, the EU Delegation to the UN, together with Denmark, Palau and Samoa, and with the participation of Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General and ASG of the C

about 3 years ago

Regulation & Policy

AURELIA’s green retrofit package gets RINA’s nod

A green retrofit package solution designed by Dutch ship design company AURELIA in partnership with Econowind, Wattlab and Vertom has secured an Approval in Principle (AiP) from the Italian classification society RINA. The solution incorporates rigid sails, solar panels, batteries, optimized weather

about 3 years ago