electrification

New study to examine renewable electricity technology on ships

Electrical power generation company, Drax will collaborate with the Smart Green Shipping Alliance Ltd (SSGA), dry bulk cargo transporter Ultrabulk and Humphreys Yacht Design, to mitigate the CO2 emissions problem of the shipping industry.

In this respect, a year long study started to examine the possibility of using sail technology to an Ultrabulk ship importing biomass into the UK for Drax, to provide renewable electricity. The study aims to come up with cost-effective ways to cut emissions...

https://safety4sea.com/new-study-to-examine-renewable-electricity-technology-on-ships/

IEA: Energy demand to rise by over 25% until 2040

IEA published the World Energy Outlook 2018 (WEO 2018), which includes global energy trends and their possible impacts on supply and demand, carbon emissions, air pollution, and energy access.

According to IEA, major transformations are happening for the global energy sector, from growing electrification to the expansion of renewables, upheavals in oil production and globalization of natural gas markets.

WEO 2018 concluded that there are mixed signals regarding the pace and direction of change....

https://safety4sea.com/iea-energy-demand-to-rise-by-over-25-until-2040/

ESPO: Air quality the top priority for European ports

ESPO presented its annual Environmental Report for 2018 at the GreenPort Congress in Valencia. The ESPO Environmental Report includes environmental performance benchmark indicators as well as the Top 10 Environmental Priorities of the European ports for 2018.

Air quality is the top priority of the European ports since 2013, while the increased interest in the relationship with local community in position 4.

In addition, climate change is becoming of high importance for European ports, as it made...

https://safety4sea.com/espo-air-quality-the-top-priority-for-european-ports/

BorWin platform topside installed in German North Sea

The BorWin gamma topside has been successfully installed on its jacket foundation in the German North Sea. The giant float-over installation procedure was safely completed on October 11. The platform will supply more than one million German households with clean electricity from wind power.

Heavy lift vessel Xiang He Kou transferred the 18,000 tonne platform topside to the installation site, almost 130 kilometres off the German coast from Dubai shipyard Drydocks World. The vessel had started its...

https://safety4sea.com/borwin-platform-topside-installed-in-german-north-sea/

Port of Long Beach to lead energy resiliency project

The Port of Long Beach will build a $7.1 million ‘microgrid’ to show the present new technology’s effectiveness in providing a clean, reliable supply of electricity for critical operations at the US’s second-busiest seaport.

With $5 million from the California Energy Commission, the Port will establish a solar carport, power storage systems and advanced controls at its security headquarters, the Joint Command and Control Center.

Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero, stated:

Our...

https://safety4sea.com/port-of-long-beach-to-lead-energy-resiliency-project/

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