Energy

U.S. Secretary of Energy, Jennifer M. Granholm, and EU Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, will co-lead the 2022 U.S.-EU Energy Council High-Level Business Forum on Offshore Wind Energy, held in conjunction with the 2022 International Offshore Wind Partnering Forum (IPF) in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The U.S.-EU Energy Council is the lead transatlantic coordination forum on strategic energy issues.

At the Nor-Shipping trade fair, DNV presented Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers (KNCC) with an Approval in Principle (AiP) for their new PCO2 tank system for the transportation of liquefied CO2 (LCO2). KNCC is a new joint venture company established by the Knutsen Group and the NYK Group to provide CO2 transportation and storage solutions. Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, DNV Maritime CEO, presented the AiP to Trygve Seglem, owner of Knutsen and Vice Chair of KNCC, President and Chief Executive Officer of NYK Group Europe Ltd., Svein Steimler, Managing Executive Officer of NYK Line and Chair of KNCC, Anders Lepsøe, CEO of KNCC, and Per Lothe, the Technical Advisor in KNCC.

The Corvus Energy Hydrogen Fuel Cell System developed through the H2NOR project has received Approval in Principle (AiP) by DNV for its groundbreaking safety solution enabling simplified placement of the system inside a ship’s hull.

Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV M&O) and Korean Register (KR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at cooperation and relations to enhance competences and capacity by sharing of technologies, information and experiences in the field of floating offshore wind farms in the East Sea of Republic of Korea. 



Determination and clear actions are required, when Europe in the coming decade will deliver its contribution to the Paris Climate Accords’ ambition of limiting temperature increases to 1.5 degrees while at the same time phasing out Russian gas and oil.

New Fortress Energy Inc., (NFE), together with its affiliates, has announced that it has concurrently filed applications with the U.S. Maritime Administration, the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Department of Energy to request all necessary permits and regulatory approvals to site, construct and operate a new offshore LNG liquefaction terminal off the coast of Louisiana (“the Project”) with a capacity of exporting approximately 145 billion cubic feet of natural gas per year, equivalent to approximately 2.8 million tons per annum (MTPA) of LNG.

Aker Carbon Capture and SINTEF have entered into a strategic collaboration agreement, with the goal of further developing carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) technology to reduce CO₂ emissions from industry and energy solutions. This is a vital part of the green transition in Norway.

More partners, more data, more relevance: new members join the project consortium enabling the extension of an unprecedented offshore wind measurement campaign to understand the interaction of offshore wind farms with the atmosphere at two RWE wind farms in the German Bight.

TotalEnergies and Sempra are expanding their North American strategic alliance with the signing of two Memorandums of Understanding (MoU): one for the Vista Pacífico LNG export project in Mexico and the other for the co-development of several onshore and offshore renewables projects.

Siemens Gamesa has started manufacturing of both its patented offshore Direct Drive wind turbine nacelles and patented IntegralBlades at its new manufacturing facility in Le Havre, France.

The Biden-Harris Administration has submitted to Congress the President’s Budget for fiscal year 2023.

N-Sea Group has been awarded a contract by Gwynt y Môr OFTO for a preemptive repair to one of the four export cables to the Gwynt y Môr Wind Farm Project.