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Illustration/Deployment of D10 tidal turbine in 2018 (Courtesy of Sabella/Photo by Balao)

Regulation & Policy

TIGER project puts tidal energy in UK and France back on track

The Tidal Stream Industry Energiser Project (TIGER) has demonstrated the significant value tidal stream energy can bring to the future energy mix, economies and supply chains in both the UK and France.

about 3 years ago

Regulation & Policy

Norway opens doors to more exploration in predefined areas with new oil & gas licencing round

Norway has launched APA 2023 round for further exploration activity, encompassing the predefined areas on the Norwegian continental shelf.

about 3 years ago

Signing of the agreement for North Sea Farmers test site (Courtesy of SolarDuck)

Regulation & Policy

Merganser offshore solar pilot finds test site in North Sea

Industry consortium behind the Merganser offshore solar platform, led by SolarDuck, has selected the test site offshore the Netherlands for the development of innovative pilot project.

about 3 years ago

Transocean Enabler rig; Credit: Jan Arne Wold/Equinor

Regulation & Policy

New task for Transocean regarding rig working off Norway

Norwegian offshore safety regulator has carried out an audit of stability and marine systems on one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs.

about 3 years ago

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UK ‘treasure map’ to show North Sea’s carbon capture and storage potential

The UK Government is planning to create a “treasure map” which will show how much carbon capture and storage (CCS) could be possible under the North Sea seabed. The plan envisages that companies that already have a license to store carbon will have to report what they find to the North Sea Transitio

about 3 years ago

Illustration/Subhub platform (Courtesy of QED Naval)

Regulation & Policy

QED Naval eyes UK government’s AR5 prize

QED Naval, a Scotland-based tidal energy company, has applied to the UK government’s fifth contracts for difference (CfD) allocation round to develop its tidal energy project at Morlais site in Wales.

about 3 years ago

Illustration/C-Power’s wave energy-powered devices (Courtesy of C-Power)

Regulation & Policy

TEAMER boosts 10 marine energy developers with $1.2M in research support

The US Testing Expertise and Access to Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) program has approved ten projects through its ninth request for technical support (RFTS), reflecting a total of more than $1.2 million.

about 3 years ago

Environmental Defense Fund Europe (EDFE)

Regulation & Policy

Good omen for getting rid of methane menace, as EU signals readiness to scale up reduction efforts

European Parliament’s landslide plenary vote shows the EU is ready to step up efforts to curb the methane footprint from the energy sector.

about 3 years ago

AWS’ Waveswing device and EMEC’s test support buoy offshore Orkney (Courtesy of EMEC/Photo by Colin Keldie)

Regulation & Policy

EMEC’s marine energy activities brought in over €420M to UK economy, report finds

Economic impact assessment spanning two decades of operations at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has valued the impact of the test center to UK economy to be over €420 million (£370 million).

about 3 years ago

Regulation & Policy

Gidara Energy gets green light for methanol plant in port of Amsterdam

Gidara Energy has received a key environmental permit for its renewable methanol facility to be built at BioPark in the port of Amsterdam. The environmental permit was granted by the province of Noord-Holland, allowing the company to build its Advanced Methanol Amsterdam (AMA) facility. The facility

about 3 years ago

Regulation & Policy

Opponents of Rügen LNG plans submit petition to Bundestag committee

After collecting tens of thousands of signatures on the petition, opponents of the planned LNG terminal off Rügen in Germany have presented their concerns to the Bundestag’s petitions committee regarding the inclusion of this location in the LNG Acceleration Act. With support from the German Environ

about 3 years ago

Regulation & Policy

NKT picks up €600M contract for Spain-France interconnector

NKT has secured a final order for one of the 400 kV high-voltage power cable systems for the Biscay Gulf Interconnector, with an order value exceeding €600 million.

about 3 years ago

Deployment of monitoring tech for Project Greensand (Courtesy of TGS)

Regulation & Policy

Newly developed monitoring technology for CO2 storage in North Sea proves successful

The consortium partners behind the Project Greensand have developed a new monitoring technology that has successfully monitored that the stored CO2 in the North Sea subsoil is at the right location.

about 3 years ago

Regulation & Policy

Methanol momentum: 25 ships in operation, 81 more on the way

There are currently 25 methanol-fuelled ships in operation and another 81 ships on order as of March 2023, according to DNV’s Alternative Fuels Insight. This compares to a total of 82 methanol-powered ships that were in operation and on order at the end of 2022. Of the newbuild ship orders placed in

about 3 years ago