Tuesday, 02 March 2021 The workboat sector, comprising one of the strongest categories of the UK’s Ship Register and including many Small to Medium size Enterprises (SMEs), is leading the charge in developing innovative technologies that will ultimately reduce emissions throughout the wider maritime industry. Courtesy of Chartwell Marine.
This is according to the Workboat Association (WA), the trade, skills and safety standards association for the workboat industry, and pioneer in next-generation vessel design, Chartwell Marine.
Continued momentum towards decarbonisation in sectors such as offshore wind has driven widespread innovation in the maritime supply chain, as vessel designers and operators gear up to meet stringent emissions requirements and green targets for customers.
Courtesy of CeraPhi Energy
CeraPhi Energy’s mission is to unlock heat underground to deliver sustainable, continuous and totally green 24/7 baseload energy under a “plug and play” scalable technology platform. CeraPhi will use its patented technology, innovation and best practices from its oil and gas experience to fill the gap in renewables between wind, solar and other green energy production and help complete the sustainable energy picture. Its new base in Houston, Texas, puts it at the center of a high-growth region where more than 6,200 oil and gas wells lie abandoned, representing a significant environmental and economic liability on companies.
On November 3, 2020, Neste announced that it would acquire Bunge Loders Croklaan s refinery plant in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The refinery plant is located next to Neste’s existing biorefinery and it consists of a pretreatment facility, tank farm, jetties and has a pipeline connection to Neste’s site. Bunge Loders Croklaan Rotterdam refinery plant (Neste)
The acquisition has been approved by regulatory authorities, and the transaction was completed on March 1, 2021. The transition of operations and employees will be implemented in phases with the refinery plant’s full and modified pretreatment capacity available for processing Neste’s feedstock by the end of 2024.
Courtesy of NREL
NRG Systems introduced the UK-based Lidar OEM’s technology to North America in 2019, expanding distribution of ZX remote sensors to the global wind market through its Value Added Reseller network less than a year later. Gregory Erdmann, NRG’s Vice President, Global Sales, said, “Since adding ZX’s industry leading technology to our Lidar portfolio, NRG has continued to deepen its partnership with ZX Lidars to offer the best possible customer experience. The introduction of the NRG ZX Service Center coupled with the vast Lidar experience our team has accrued working with remote sensing technology over the past decade, is a benefit for all ZX users in North America.”
Monday, 01 March 2021
Apex Clean Energy has announced that WEC Energy Group and Invenergy purchased the Jayhawk Wind project, including a renewable power purchase agreement with Facebook. The more than 190 MW project, located in Crawford and Bourbon Counties, Kansas, will help support the tech company’s operations in the region. Courtesy of Apex Energy
“Establishing and growing strong relationships with the nation’s pre-eminent clean energy investors and power purchasers is fundamental to Apex’s core mission and to our ability to bring best-in-class renewable energy assets like Jayhawk Wind to life,” said Mark Goodwin, Apex Clean Energy president and CEO. “Because of these agreements with Facebook a valued Apex customer and new partners WEC Energy Group and Invenergy, Jayhawk Wind will advance the new energy economy in Kansas and generate significant long-term economic benefits for the local community.”