Tidal energy company Nova Innovation has been awarded £2m ($2.8m) by the Scottish Government to advance tidal turbine manufacturing to a global level. The funding, delivered through Scottish Enterprise, is directed at Nova’s VOLT (Volume Manufacturing and Logistics for Tidal Energy) project. It...
https://splash247.com/scotland-injects-2-8m-into-tidal-energy/
Dutch FPSO specialist SBM Offshore is looking to expand its footprint in the floating offshore wind sector, aiming to co-develop or participate as a technology or turnkey provider in 2 GW of the existing global pipeline. The company sees 6 GW of current opportunities for the floating offshore wind...
https://splash247.com/sbm-offshore-scales-up-floating-wind-ambitions/
John Fredriksen’s SFL Corporation is acquiring two 14,000 teu containerships from undisclosed owners and selling 18 vintage feeder boxships between 1,100 and 4,400 teu to Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). The New York-listed firm said the two additions are modern eco-design built in 2013 and...
https://splash247.com/sfl-snaps-up-14000-teu-pair-and-sells-vintage-feeder-boxships-to-msc/
Background
Nicolas Carnot, a mechanical engineer in the French Army, as well as a military scientist and physicist, is often labeled as the “father of thermodynamics.” At the age of 27 Carnot published a book, Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire (Paris, 1824). In his book Carnot wrote the first “successful theory of the maximum efficiency of heat engines,” as well as outlining the idea of the internal combustion engine. In doing so, he began the discipline of thermodynamics. Carnot’s writing...
The 200 MW Salamander floating wind project, developed by Simply Blue Energy in partnership with Subsea 7, has signed a memorandum of understanding with ERM for the potential use of the ERM Dolphyn hydrogen technology. The project is also working closely with Scotland Gas Networks (SGN) to...
https://splash247.com/scottish-floater-project-eyes-green-hydrogen-route/
German shipowner NSB Group has developed a new look boxship design. The LNG-powered 3,500 teu container vessel has a reefer intake of about 940 feu. The deckhouse on the forecastle deck optimises the container capacity and separates the accommodation from the IMO Type C LNG tanks, carrying gas for...
Tufton Oceanic Assets has snapped up an ultramax bulk carrier and struck a deal to sell another containership for more than double the purchase price. The London-listed firm has agreed to acquire the ultramax Idaho for $21.4m at below depreciated replacement cost, said to be fuel efficient compared...
https://splash247.com/tufton-offloads-another-boxship-and-adds-ultramax/
Siemens Gamesa’s offshore wind nacelle assembly facility in Taichung, Taiwan, has assembled its first nacelle. This is the first nacelle assembled by the company outside Europe and will be installed during 2022 in Ørsted’s 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a wind farm, located 35 to 50 km off the coast...
https://splash247.com/siemens-gamesa-commences-wind-turbine-nacelle-production-in-taiwan/
Norway’s Solstad Offshore has sold the 1999-built anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel to undisclosed buyers. The Oslo-listed shipowner has not revealed the value of the transaction. Online pricing platform VesselsValue estimates the Isle of Man-flagged ship at close to $3.2m. Delivery of the...
UK marine asset provider Bibby Marine has won a three-year contract with the Dutch unit of TotalEnergies for its 2017-built walk-to-work (W2W) vessel . The charter encompasses working on the Dutch continental shelf in the Southern North Sea in 2022, 2023 and 2024. The duration will be a minimum of...
https://splash247.com/bibby-marine-wins-three-year-contract-with-totalenergies/