Energy

The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) released a comprehensive study on global oil production emissions completed by ICF, the GHG Emission Intensity of Crude Oil and Condensate Production.

Leaders from 20 Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) announces that they approved the Global Ocean Energy Alliance (GLOEA), highlighting the implementation of the 1.5MW Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) platform being developed for deployment in São Tomé and Príncipe, in partnership with Global OTEC, as the basis for the implementation of an Ocean Energy Program in the Pacific.

VARD, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels, has signed a contract for the design and construction of two Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) for UK based Purus Wind. The agreement also has an option for two additional vessels.

On Monday, May 15, the Njord field in the Norwegian Sea was officially opened by the minister of petroleum and energy, Terje Aasland. The platform and the floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO) have undergone extensive upgrades and are now ready for doubling the field life – and more than doubling production.

A ‘treasure map’ of what lies beneath the North Sea will be created to help the UK become a world leader in carbon capture and storage.

The Tidal Stream Industry Energiser Project (TIGER) that launched in 2019 to drive tidal energy growth in the UK and France, has successfully demonstrated the significant value tidal stream energy can bring to the future energy mix, economies and supply chains in both the UK and France.

Eco Wave Power has entered into an agreement for the design of the Company’s pioneering technology in the Port of Heraklion, in Crete, Greece, with Rogan Associates SA (“Rogan Associates”).

A collaboration between Cambridge Vacuum Engineering (CVE), SSE Renewables, Sif Group, and TWI, has resulted in the first-ever electron beam welded section to be incorporated in an offshore wind turbine monopile foundation (transition piece).

Irish wave energy developer, OceanEnergy, has signed up to demonstrate its OE35 floating wave energy converter at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland.

ADNOC and Baker Hughes has agreed to accelerate the development and commercialization of technology solutions for green and low-carbon hydrogen, as well as graphene.

VARD, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels, has signed new contracts for the design and construction of two commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs) for the UK’s leading infrastructure support vessel operator North Star.

The development of offshore renewable energy is going from strength to strength in France and driving forward the energy transition. The country's first offshore wind farm off Saint-Nazaire has officially opened, the winner of the Centre Manche 1 tender has been announced, the specifications of the southern Brittany floating offshore wind project have been published, the government has set the goal of 40GW with 50 farms by 2050, and the Green Industry law has been passed.