A partnership in the North-East of Scotland has been awarded €9 million of European Union funding to create a Small Hydrogen Valley in the region to speed up the transition to cleaner energy. The project – titled TH₂ISTLE – brings together an international consortium of 28 partners ranging from universities to industry leaders and economic development agencies who are holding a kick-off meeting today (2 November) at the University of Aberdeen. In a statement sent to ship.energy today, the University of Aberdeen said that the funding from the EU’s Clean Hydrogen Partnership will support the integration of multiple existing and […]

Spain-headquartered energy group Repsol has reported a net income of €5.006 billion from January through September, including a positive inventory effect of €943 million resulting from the impact of higher crude oil prices on the book value of inventories. In a statement issued today (30 October), the company said that this compares with €1.177 billion in the same period last year, which was ‘affected by lower crude oil prices, leading to a negative inventory effect of €478 million; as well as by the impact of the nationwide blackout in April 2025’. The company added that, in order to bolster its […]

A new whitepaper from MariNH3 on the take-up of ammonia as a marine fuel has indicated that a ‘diesel-based dual fuel approach is likely to be adopted on larger vessels’, while ‘the new spark-ignited approach, probably as a mono fuel system that creates its own hydrogen on board from the ammonia, may be better suited to smaller vessels’. MariNH3 flagged up that the dual-fuel approach on large vessels has been bolstered as dual-fuel two-stroke engines have already undergone sea trials, and ‘larger four-stroke engines have demonstrated the ability to achieve high levels of ammonia substitution with only a small requirement […]