UK-based cleantech company Silverstream Technologies has completed the installation of its air lubrication system on board the 24,000 TEU containership MSC Irina. The giant boxship is being built for MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company at Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group. Specifically, the vessel was o
Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K LINE) has completed its third biofuel trial on board its ships as part of its decarbonization efforts. The company said that the trial involved the use of B24 marine biofuel comprising 24% fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) blended with very low sulfur
Methane emissions remained stubbornly high in 2022, even as soaring energy prices made actions to reduce them cheaper than ever, says IEA.
Japan’s IHI Corporation and India’s renewable energy company ACME have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to study and investigate the feasibility of producing and utilising green ammonia derived from renewable energy. Under the MoU, IHI will consider participation in green ammonia productio
Spanish energy company Enagás has announced that all its objectives set for 2022 have been achieved and the degree of execution of its 2022-2030 strategic plan is higher than expected. Enagás’ net profit on 31 December 2022 amounted to €375.8 million, exceeding the target for the year. The significa
South Korean shipbuilders are resuming their winning streak from last year as they reap fruit from the growing demand for high-end ships featuring dual-fuel propulsion and advanced technology. The country’s key ship manufacturers have secured over $7 billion in new orders since the beginning of this
The Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC) and the EU-SCORES project partners have recently held a two-day stakeholder engagement event on energy multi-use parks at the Marine Energy Hub in the Hague, spotlighting the benefits of combining different offshore renewable energy sources at one site.
French container shipping major CMA CGM is bunkering biofuels on 32 vessels across its vast fleet as part of its decarbonization efforts. “Biofuel is a big part of our roadmap to decarbonization,” Francois-Xavier Accard, Managing Director of CMA CGM’s International Shipping Company Pte. Ltd. said du
ECOwind, a subsidiary of German renewable energy company BayWa r.e., together with Austrian energy supplier EVN, has constructed a 24.5 MWp floating solar plant in Austria.
Oceanbird, a JV backed by Alfa Laval and Wallenius, and KTH Royal Institute of Technology are performing extensive tests on the Oceanbird wing model in the KTH L2000 wind tunnel. The team is testing the aerodynamics of the wings while exposing them to different wind conditions. This series of tests
French energy group ENGIE is moving to the second stage of its strategic plan, stepping up growth in the energy transition with an emphasis on renewables. The group said its 2021-23 strategic plan has been successfully executed and the time has come to move on to the second stage. ENGIE said its geo
Spanish multinational energy company Cepsa has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the ACE Terminal in the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands to create a green hydrogen supply chain. Namely, Cepsa is developing 2GW of green hydrogen at its two Energy Parks in Andalusia, southern Spain, a
The MeyGen tidal energy project, developed by SIMEC Atlantis Energy, has become the first tidal stream array in the world to generate 50GWh of clean electricity from tidal energy.
DNV is launching the second phase of a joint industry project (JIP) aiming to develop the first guideline for the transport of hydrogen in existing and new offshore pipelines. The second phase of the H2Pipe project will see the development of a new code for the design, re-qualification, construction
