alternative energy

Propane Empowering Ports As An Alternative Energy Source

Credit: Trade Finance Global

Efficient, reliable power is pivotal for global port operations. Alternative energy sources like propane offer diverse solutions to meet this need.

Ensuring Port Reliability

Whether planned or unplanned, power outages can happen at any time and ports can’t afford extended periods of downtime. By incorporating a variety of power generation options, port authorities can mitigate the effects of hazards beyond their control.

Portable propane generators offer versatility in...

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VTT focuses on bio and waste-based oils for ships

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland along with several collaborators are exploring how fuel oils made from biomass and waste plastics can be suitable for power plants and ship diesel engines. Through their research, partners aim to determine the most ecologically and economically sustainable ways for fossil fuels’ replacement.

Our goal is to find the most ecologically and economically sustainable way to replace fossil heavy fuel oil in ship and power plant diesel engines.

…Anja Oasmaa,...

https://safety4sea.com/vtt-focuses-on-bio-and-waste-based-oils-for-ships/

DNV GL launches startups on energy transition

DNV GL recently launched a venture fund to invest on the energy transition and the fourth industrial revolution challenges. Specifically, the Norwegian classification will build a portfolio of between 15-20 startups in the following four years, taking stakes of up to 20% in the companies.

We have entered a decade of transformation where the pace of the energy transition will be set and digital technologies underpinning industry 4.0 will mature from experimentation into large-scale application....

https://safety4sea.com/dnv-gl-launches-startups-on-energy-transition/

Port of Rotterdam hosts the largest EU biorefinery

The Europe’s largest biorefinery is located in the center of the Port of Rotterdam with Alco Energy Rotterdam converting corn into bioethanol fuel during a production process which brings zero waste.

We aim to become the most sustainable biorefinery in Europe. Perhaps even in the world. Logistically, Rotterdam is the ideal place for us.

…said Alco Energy Rotterdam.

Specifically, the CO2 released during the process is transported via underground pipelines to Westland’s greenhouses while the...

https://safety4sea.com/port-of-rotterdam-hosts-the-largest-eu-biorefinery/

New project looks at renewables for subsea power

Mocean Energy collaborates with Chrysaor, subsea energy storage company EC-OG and AUV firm Modus in a project to look at using renewables for subsea power. The project, funded by the partners together with the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC), will look to use Mocean Energy’s Blue Star wave energy converter and EC-OG’s HALO subsea energy storage system to power subsea tiebacks or residential AUVs.

Depending on the industry feedback, the partners will proceed with a technology field trial...

https://safety4sea.com/new-project-looks-at-renewables-for-subsea-power/

Production of first large-scale offshore wind project in Japan

According to a recent statement, Marubeni Corporation, has decided to implement the construction; operation and maintenance of the offshore wind farms at Akita Port and Noshiro Port in Akita Prefecture, through the special purpose company “Akita Offshore Wind Corporation” (AOW) established in April 2016 and together with other Joint Business Partners.

It is said that the Offshore Wind Farms are comprised of the bottom fixed offshore wind farm and the onshore substation and transmission lines and...

https://safety4sea.com/production-of-first-large-scale-offshore-wind-project-in-japan/

France increases 2028 offshore wind tendering target

Namely, the latest version of the Multiannual Energy Programme (Programmation pluriannuelle de l’énergie (PPE)) indicates that France has increased its offshore wind tendering target from 6GW to up to 8.75GW by 2028.

The revised PPE increases the intended operating offshore wind capacity from between 4.7GW and 5.2GW by 2028, to between 5.2GW and 6.2GW by 2028.

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It is said that the 2023 capacity target stayed at 2.4GW, covering the six already approved projects.

https://safety4sea.com/france-increases-2028-offshore-wind-tendering-target/

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