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Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) has allocated €3.53 billion for the country’s hydrogen importing mechanism, H2Global Foundation, to fund future auctions for renewable hydrogen and its derivatives. On February 12, H2Global issued a statement saying that BMWK had provided its subsidiary HINT.CO with a grant notification for €3.53 billion. Within the H2Global funding mechanism, HINT.CO ...

Dutch logistics solutions provider Samskip and Indian shipbuilder Cochin Shipyard have held a steel-cutting ceremony for a next-generation, hydrogen-powered shortsea containership. As informed, the ceremony marks the official start of the construction of the next-generation zero-emission shortsea container vessel Samskip SeaShuttle. Samskip placed an order for two green hydrogen-powered boxships at Cochin back in March 2023. According to Samskip, the ship ...

German energy company Uniper has outlined plans for the expansion of its Humber H2ub project at the Killingholme site in the Humber region of the UK to include green hydrogen. The company revealed that the Humber H2ub (Green) includes plans for an initial electrolytic hydrogen production capacity of up to 120 MW, with the potential for future expansion. Furthermore, Uniper ...

Perenco Oil and Gas Gabon, a subsidiary of the Anglo-French oil and gas player Perenco, has reported a fire incident, which took place at its offshore platform located off the coast of Gabon. Based on initial reports, this fire incident, which occurred at Perenco’s Becuna platform on the Simba field offshore Gabon on March 20, 2024, left two injured and five missing. While the injured ...

Norwegian shipping company Rem Offshore has placed an order with compatriot Myklebust Verft for the construction of an energy subsea construction vessel (ESCV) said to be the first of its kind to perform heavy construction work in both offshore wind and subsea with net zero emissions. According to Rem, the ESCV will use a number of solutions where energy consumption ...

This is a free premium article to give you a sample of what Offshore Energy has to offer as part of our premium section. You can upgrade to premium access here. Türkiye, which is working on shoring up different energy sources to fortify its domestic production and end its reliance on imports, is in the same boat as most other nations, thus, ...

EU-backed SafeWAVE project, short for Streamlining the Assessment of Environmental Effects of Wave Energy, has been prolonged until June 2024. The decision to extend the project was revealed on March 20, stating it will enable SafeWave to make more progress in utilizing the abundant marine renewable energy resources of the Atlantic seaboard. The project works to improve knowledge of the ...

A new report, named Fuel for thought: Ammonia, by the classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has highlighted the need for an industry-wide understanding of the operational and safety challenges surrounding the use of ammonia as a marine fuel, for its adoption as part of the maritime energy transition. The report found that although the technology for ammonia as a marine fuel ...

Singapore-based shipping company Eastern Pacific Shipping has signed a contract with Spanish cleantech engineering company bound4blue to install its first-ever wind-assisted propulsion system onboard chemical tanker Pacific Sentinel. As explained, under the agreement, bound4blue will fit three 22-metre eSAILs onboard the 183-metre, 50,000 DWT oil and chemical tanker. Working in tandem with existing propulsion systems on the Pacific Sentinel, the three ...

German shipping company Baltrader Capital and Finnish provider of auxiliary wind propulsion systems Norsepower have signed a contract concerning the delivery of rotor sails which will be fitted on the shipowner’s cement carrier. Under the contract, Norsepower will deliver one 24m x 4m sized Norsepower Rotor Sail in summer 2024. The vessel will be fitted on the newest cement carrier ...