This week, 174 governments will meet at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London to discuss the pressing carbon emission reduction challenges in the shipping industry.
Saudi Arabia has announced the launch of OXAGON, the world’s largest floating industrial complex and the world’s first fully integrated port and supply chain.
In this week’s In Focus, we put spotlight on COP26 and energy transition updates which include biggest polluters pledging to joint action against climate change, oil majors joining forces for decarbonisation of energy and industry, and governments proposing phasing out coal and fossil fuel subsidies
The Netherlands plans to develop additional 10.7 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030 in order to meet the EU’s current goal of reducing CO2 emissions by 55 per cent by 2030 compared to the 1990 levels. The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management has now issued the Additional Draft Nor
The WAVEGEM hybrid autonomous platform, which generates clean power by exploiting both solar and wave energy, has been retrieved ashore after two years of tests at the SEM-REV site offshore France.
A new study, produced for the Getting to Zero Coalition, an initiative for accelerating international shipping decarbonisation, has shown that developing green corridors can help simplify the challenges of zero-emission shipping.
Nineteen countries have signed a declaration to establish “green shipping corridors” — zero-emission maritime routes between two or more ports — in an effort to help the shipping sector decarbonize.
Towage operator Svitzer, part of A.P. Moller – Maersk, has signed an agreement with naval architect company Robert Allan for the design of the world’s first fuel cell tug for harbour operations, running on green methanol.
Dutch container terminal operator APM Terminals, part of Maersk, and Croatian investor Energia Naturalis (ENNA) have signed a 50-year concession agreement for Rijeka Gateway, a joint venture container terminal between the two companies on the North Adriatic coast of Croatia.
UK-based mining company Anglo American has set an ambition to achieve carbon neutrality across its controlled ocean freight activities by 2040, with an interim 30% reduction in emissions by 2030.
Industry body Scottish Renewables has issued a publication outlining steps that the Scottish Government should take to reach the energy transition.
New research led by the University of Plymouth has shown that tidal stream power has the potential to deliver 11% of the UK’s current annual electricity and play a significant role in the government’s drive for net-zero.
Anna Koper, Student of Integrated Product Design at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), who joined the university’s Solar Boat Team last year and found herself at the forefront of sustainable energy innovation, shares her experience.
Marine Energy Alliance (MEA) project-supported startups FARWIND Energy and Development v. Kim Nielsen shed more light on their offshore wind and wave energy powered innovations respectively.
