Environment News
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NewsOil and coal giants win first Polish offshore wind contracts
Oil giant Equinor has been announced as the winner of Poland’s first offshore wind auction, with oil multinational Orlen and coal producer PGE winning the other two.
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NewsBiodiesel propulsion reshapes green tug sector
Wärtsilä is supplying fuel-flexible engines for two new biodiesel pusher tug vessels being built for AMAGGI
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NewsFirst offshore charger in positive breakthrough for MJR
Charge Offshore has reached a major milestone after completing factory acceptance testing (FAT) for its 2MW Aquarius Eco offshore wind turbine charging system.
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NewsIreland lays out plans for offshore wind hub
Plans have been set out for a purpose-built port facility dedicated to offshore wind in the southeast of Ireland.
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NewsFormer Ørsted CEO takes seat as chair of MacArtney board
Former Ørsted CEO Mads Nipper has been appointed chairman of the board at MacArtney Underwater Technology.
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NewsRenewable methanol for the marine industry
Reolum’s €500 million Villadangos Green complex will span 40 hectares and is designed to produce 140,000 tonnes per year of green methanol
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NewsWind farm connected to power North Sea gas rig
An offshore gas rig is being hailed by its owners as the first in the North Sea to be powered by offshore wind power.
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NewsOffshore wind’s sky-high potential hits onshore grid wall
Europe’s offshore wind revolution is running into a hard physical limit – the electricity grid.
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NewsDynamic positioning supercharges offshore precision
ABB’s DP2 solution integrates ABB Ability Marine Pilot Control with Azipod propulsion to unify vessel control, maneouvring and transit operations
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NewsCorPower Ocean drives wave energy forward
The POWER-Farm EU Project, backed by a €19M Horizon Europe grant, aims to validate wave energy technology in UK waters
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NewsBoston delivers blow to Trump’s offshore wind ban
A Boston District Court judge has delivered a blow to the Trump administration’s indefinite pause on wind energy permitting, in a latest blow to the president’s determination to shut down the sector.
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NewsIrish firm wins contract to survey 6 Dutch wind farms
Irish ocean data acquisition company Xocean has been hired to survey six Dutch offshore wind farms over five years, it has said.
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NewsUK’s carbon capture market at critical crossroads
The sector faces a critical juncture with policy uncertainty threatening progress on key marine infrastructure developments
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NewsNext-gen wind farm construction and dredger training
Jan De Nul’s two new high-tech simulators will focus on offshore wind farm installation and dredging operations
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NewsBlue Whale NxtGen debuts worldwide
Corvus Energy has unveiled Blue Whale NxtGen, a high-density marine battery promising efficiency, longevity and sustainability
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News€700 million earmarked for green e-methanol plant
Spanish innovation company Reolum is spending €700 million on a plant to make e-methanol especially for the maritime and aviation industries.
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NewsCould floating nuclear ignite an energy revolution?
Floating Nuclear Power Plants (FNPPs) are poised to deliver gigawatt-scale output — potentially supplying almost an entire nation’s power demand – under designs unveiled by UK maritime technology firm Core Power.
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News‘Technological rat race’ among obstacles in offshore wind: report
A new white paper released by the Port of Rotterdam says offshore wind is going to be vital in shouldering a share of the burden of energy needs.
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NewsThree-in-one battery/hydrogen/tidal demo unveiled
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has finished a three-in-one demonstration combining tidal power, battery storage and hydrogen production off the coast of Orkney, Scotland.
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NewsAuramarine powers Finnlines’ green shift
The company will deliver methanol, biofuel and HFO fuel supply systems for three newbuild RoPax vessels
