Floating Power Plant (FPP) and TechnipFMC have been selected by a UK offshore operator to perform a concept select study for the electrification of North Sea oil and gas platform with wind, wave, and hydrogen-based renewable energy system. Illustration/FPP’s hybrid floating wind and wave platform (Courtesy of FPP) The concept …

Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has applied for the Specified Vessel Introduction Plan with Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) to introduce vessels with excellent environmental performance. The shipping company is working on the introduction of vessels with excellent environmental performance (specified vessels), based on the Maritime Industry Strengthening …

U.S. LNG engineer Chart Industries has received an order for the production of six brazed aluminum heat exchanger assemblies and cold boxes for Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG project. Courtesy of Venture Global LNG Chart booked the equipment order of $45 million from Baker Hughes. This order is specifically for the …

UK-based energy company Avenir LNG has acquired the shareholdings of its minority partners in HIGAS, thus becoming the sole owner of the Italian small-scale LNG terminal. Courtesy of Reganosa The minority partners were CPL Concordia from Concordia sulla Secchia, and Gas and Heat from Livorno. Higas owns and operates an …

U.S. firm Energy Transfer and Chinese energy company ENN have entered into two 20-year LNG sale and purchase agreements related to the Lake Charles LNG project. Courtesy of Lake Charles LNG Under the two SPAs, Energy Transfer LNG will supply 1.8 million tonnes per year of LNG to ENN Natural …

Danish shipping giant Maersk and Egyptian authorities have signed a partnership agreement to jointly explore the establishment of large-scale green fuel production in the country in the pursuit of net-zero shipping. Following the recent fuel sourcing deals, Maersk signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the authorities’ representative in the …

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), an intergovernmental organisation aiming to promote renewable energy, has released its energy transition outlook, detailing priority actions to be taken until 2030 to keep the hopes of 1.5°C alive. The organisation believes that the energy transition holds the key to tackling global energy and …

The Clean Canaveral liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker barge has completed its inaugural bunkering in Jacksonville, Florida, in the first barge-to-ship cool down operation performed in the U.S. Clean Canaveral. Source: Polaris New Energy Said to be the largest Jones Act LNG bunker barge, the Clean Canaveral has a capacity …

The UK Government has set aside €12.2 million (£10 million) for energy entrepreneurs developing innovative green technologies that can help cut UK’s reliance on expensive fossil fuels. Illustration/Nova Innovation’s tidal energy turbine (Courtesy of Nova Innovation) The ninth round of the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund (EEF), which seeks to promote new …

Swedish shipping company Erik Thun Group has decided to order a new dual-fuel tanker in China. Image Courtesy: Erik Thun The 17,999 dwt vessel will be built by China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Yangzhou and is a sister to Thun Venern. Erik Thun’s close partner Furetank will technically and commercially …