Category: Technology

France - Underwater turbines to supply energy from the ocean

France - Underwater turbines to supply energy from the ocean

Gepostet von | 12 Jun 2025 | , , | 0

Ocean currents as a source of energy: the French start-up "Normandie Hydroliennes" (NH) wants to generate energy using the power of the tides. The company is planning to build a field of "underwater wind turbines" on the seabed to convert the power of the ocean's movements into green electricity. Tidal power plant Wind, cooling processes on the water surface and the gravitational pull of the moon and sun are permanent drivers of water movement in the oceans - just as the wind is constantly moving above sea level. However, unlike wind, the energy of ocean currents has hardly been utilised for electricity production to date. Realisation As part of the first project 'NH1', Normandie Hydroliennes in...

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Amsterdam - Hydrogen corridor from Oman to Europe

Amsterdam - Hydrogen corridor from Oman to Europe

Gepostet von | 11 Jun 2025 | , , , | 0

The world's first import corridor for liquid hydrogen through the Sultanate of Oman, the Netherlands and Germany was agreed in a Joint Development Agreement (JDA). This corridor will connect the port of Duqm in Oman with Amsterdam in the Netherlands and important logistics centres in Germany, including Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and the Port of Duisburg. The corridor will enable the commercial import of liquid hydrogen from EU-compliant renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBO). The supply chain is based on proven technologies for the liquefaction, transport, storage and distribution of liquid hydrogen. Advanced ship designs are expected to enable...

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AI against the silent threat under water - Helsing's glider

AI against the silent threat under water - Helsing's glider

Gepostet von | 21 May 2025 | , , | 0

New underwater glider from Helsing On 13 May 2025, Helsing, a young Munich-based software developer, presented its SG-1 Fathom underwater reconnaissance system and the Lura AI platform at parallel events in Portsmouth and Hamburg. The events, one at the traditional Royal Navy base, the other at the newly opened maritime representative office of the defence technology company in the German Hanseatic city, send a clear signal: in view of growing threats to critical underwater infrastructure - such as pipelines, fibre optic cables or offshore platforms - the need for long-term, networked and autonomous underwater surveillance is increasing noticeably. Cutting-edge digital technology is becoming a central component of modern maritime surveillance. And Helsing is responding to this with...

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Mannheim - Climate-neutral marine fuel from wastewater

Mannheim - Climate-neutral marine fuel from wastewater

Gepostet von | 30 Apr 2025 | , , , | 0

The German start-up company ICODOS, a spin-off from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), wants to advance the shipping industry in terms of environmental technology and commissioned the world's first production plant for methanol from the wastewater treatment of a municipal sewage treatment plant in the city on the Rhine and Neckar rivers on 24 March 2025. The demonstration plant uses a patented process to purify the biogas produced and convert it into a climate-neutral marine fuel using green hydrogen. According to IMO estimates, the shipping sector contributes around 3 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions every year. This is because the majority of cargo ships still use propulsion diesel fuelled with heavy fuel oil or marine diesel. The...

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Autonomous seafaring - Anschütz sets standards

Autonomous seafaring - Anschütz sets standards

Gepostet von | 16 Apr 2025 | , , , | 0

Anschütz, the German market leader for navigation and bridge systems, has developed and successfully tested an automatic collision avoidance system (CAS) as part of the Kiel CAPTN initiative (see below for more information). The automation of vehicles in a busy sea area such as the Kiel Fjord posed a particular challenge, the true dimensions of which only become apparent in practical application. During the lengthy series of tests, however, the situation analyses and recommended actions of the CAS coincided with those of the navigators critically accompanying them - a good basis for the further development of autonomous navigation. The CAS is based on an algorithm that analyses the maritime situation using conventional sensor data (radar,...

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