Illustration. Courtesy of Samat LNG Corp. The Philippines’ Department of Energy (DOE) has approved the country’s first small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal as it prepares to launch the LNG industry this year. The LNG terminal is being developed by Samat LNG Corporation, a company that was established in 2020
Alma’s ammonia-fuelled SOFC system wins DNV’s nod
Norway-based clean power solutions provider Alma Clean Power has received approval in principle (AiP) from classification society DNV for its marine solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system. Specifically, the company’s design of a 1 MW ammonia-fuelled SOFC system gained AiP from DNV. Credit: Alma Clean Power The SOFC system design
CMA CGM launches €200 mln call for decarbonization projects
French container shipping major CMA CGM Group has invited start-ups and businesses working on concrete solutions to submit projects that aim to speed up the decarbonization of the French shipping industry. The company has committed a €200 million budget for the projects from its five-year $1.5 billion budget, which was launched in
Equinor advances its low-carbon hydrogen project with major FEED contract in place
Norwegian energy giant Equinor has selected units of German engineering company Linde for front-end engineering design (FEED) work and operation and maintenance of its large-scale low-carbon hydrogen plant in the UK. Equinor’s UK project, named Hydrogen to Humber Saltend (H2H Saltend), is a 600-megawatt low-carbon hydrogen production plant with carbon
Petronas and ExxonMobil ally on CCS in Malaysia
Malaysia’s Petronas and oil major ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia (ExxonMobil) have signed two agreements to jointly pursue carbon capture and storage (CCS) activation projects in Malaysia. Courtesy of Petronas Under the agreements, the parties will define their next steps, including the maturation of technical scopes for the CCS value
In focus: European countries keeping pace with the hydrogen uptick
Germany and Australia to strengthen energy cooperation
Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection and Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck and the Australian Minister for Energy and Climate Protection Chris Bowen have agreed to intensify cooperation between the two countries in the area of climate and energy. The focal points of the discussion included cooperation in the
GTT receives new tank design orders for two LNG carriers
Chinese shipyard Dalian Shipbuilding Industry & Co (DSIC) has ordered the tank design of two liquefied natural gas carriers (LNGC) from French LNG containment specialist GTT. The order, received at the beginning of 2023, came on behalf of the company CMES LNG Carrier Investment INC. GTT will design the tanks
Technip Energies to boost Canada’s energy transition
Technip Energies, an engineering and technology company, has signed two separate Memorandums of Understanding (MoU), one with PCL Industrial Management, a group of independent construction companies, and another with Capital Engineering, a company offering multi-discipline consulting engineering and procurement services, to work collaboratively on efforts associated with energy transition markets
NYK books fifth LPG-powered LPG/ammonia carrier at Kawasaki
Japenese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) has ordered its fifth liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dual-fuel very large LPG/liquefied ammonia gas carrier (VLGC) from compatriot shipbuilder Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI). Like previously ordered vessels, the new 86,700 cbm carrier will be built at the KHI Sakaide Works shipyard and