News from DNV GL
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13 February 2019 | Maritime | NEWSDNV GL and Metalships & Docks ink class agreement for luxury sailing vessel
DNV GL has been awarded a contract for the classification of the passenger sailing ship Sea Cloud Spirit, built by Metalships & Docks in Vigo, Spain. Representatives from both companies came together in Vigo this week to sign the agreement. Ordered by the Hamburg-based operator Sea Cloud Cruises, the vessel is designed to meet the increasing demand from both independent travellers and the charter market, mainly in the Caribbean and the Mediterranean. -
07 February 2019 | Maritime | NEWSStormGeo and DNV GL announce creation of new fleet performance management powerhouse
StormGeo and DNV GL announced today that they have signed an agreement to consolidate their fleet performance solutions under one banner. The agreement will combine DNV GL’s ECO Insight and Navigator Insight solutions with StormGeo’s FleetDSS and ship reporting solutions. By this a new industry leader in fleet performance management is created as part of StormGeo. -
06 February 2019 | Sustainability | PRESS RELEASEOslo kicks off the year of climate solutions
Today: 500 leading business people and students meet to discuss how climate risks can be turned into climate opportunities - according to a new report, it will change how we do business profoundly. -
28 January 2019 | Solar energy | PRESS RELEASEDNV GL supports commercial Warehouse operator WDP with owner’s engineering services for installation of 40,000 Solar PV panels
DNV GL’s solar experts will provide owner’s engineering support for feasibility, construction and installation of the PV solar systems. -
22 January 2019 | Wind energy | PRESS RELEASEDNV GL supports Tilt Renewables in Technical Due Diligence of Dundonnell wind farm in Australia
Technical Due Diligence of Dundonnell wind farm will contribute to the Victorian Renewable Energy Target to increase increase renewable energy generation from 25% in 2020 to 40% by 2025. -
22 January 2019 | Oil & Gas | PRESS RELEASEGreater investment expected to fuel oil and gas industry growth in 2019, but signs of old spending habits may be resurfacing
Oslo, 22 January 2019: New research has revealed that companies’ resilience to volatile market conditions will be put to the test in 2019, as business leaders expect the industry to commit to greater investment to meet hydrocarbon demand -
17 January 2019 | Energy | PRESS RELEASEMiddle East electricity demand will triple by 2050, powered by rapid growth of wind and solar energy
Diversification of economies away from fossil fuels is needed to meet demands of energy transition. -
07 January 2019 | Solar energy | PRESS RELEASEDNV GL transfers ownership of pioneering solar reliability test lab to PVEL management team
DNV GL and PVEL will continue to offer full services portfolio to the global solar industry -
28 December 2018 | Maritime | NEWSDNV GL awards AiP to Daehan Shipbuilding for LNG-fuelled Aframax design
DNV GL has awarded Korean shipbuilder Daehan Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (DHSC) an Approval in Principle (AiP) for the design of an LNG-fuelled 115,000 dwt Aframax tanker. -
18 December 2018 | Oil & Gas | PRESS RELEASEDNV GL leads a partnership to review purity and colourant for the UK Government’s Hy4Heat programme
The Hy4Heat programme is a feasibility study into the use of hydrogen for heat in UK homes and businesses aimed at establishing whether it is technically possible, safe and convenient to replace methane with hydrogen in residential and commercial applications. -
14 December 2018 | Wind energy | PRESS RELEASEDNV GL strengthens its presence in Colombia with a portfolio of more than 548 MW
The energy estimation prediction methods of DNV GL seek to consolidate operations in Central and South America. -
11 December 2018 | Oil & Gas | PRESS RELEASEAmerican Petroleum Institute (API) awards bolt fatigue testing program contract to DNV GL
Columbus, Ohio, 11 December 2018: The American Petroleum Institute has awarded a contract to DNV GL, the technical advisor to the oil and gas industry, for the full-scale S-N* fatigue testing of large diameter bolts. The objective of the program is to improve fatigue assessments of critical bolted connections particularly in subsea applications by generating new test data. -
11 December 2018 | Solar energy | PRESS RELEASEDNV GL’s On-site Solar Lab brings advanced and reliable PV testing to the field in India
Flash test/I-V curve measurement and electroluminescence (EL) testing for PV modules conducted in the field with laboratory-grade accuracy -
10 December 2018 | Solar energy | PRESS RELEASECo-op Energy uses DNV GL’s global data to provide forecasting for community energy projects
Co-op Energy taps into knowledge base from world’s largest technical energy advisor -
06 December 2018 | Energy storage | PRESS RELEASEDNV GL forecasts rapid growth of electric vehicles: 50% of all new cars sold globally by 2033 to be electric
DNV GL announces global Electric Vehicle (EV) forecast and outlines ambitions across electric vehicle value chain, including hire of global business leader for EVs: Jeremy Parkes. -
04 December 2018 | Oil & Gas | PRESS RELEASENew DNV GL research sees long-term expansion of hydrogen use for energy
Oslo, Norway, 4 December 2018: Hydrogen can play a significant role in decarbonizing world energy supply to mitigate climate change, according to a new research paper by DNV GL, the technical advisor to the oil and gas industry. -
04 December 2018 | Energy | PRESS RELEASEDanish Government appoints Ditlev Engel as Denmark’s Special Envoy for Climate and Energy
Position as Special Envoy for Denmark will play a key part in the efforts to ensure tangible results at the UN Climate Summit in September 2019 in New York -
29 November 2018 | Maritime | PRESS RELEASEWorld’s first iVLOC delivered with DNV GL class
The world’s first intelligent very large ore carrier (iVLOC), the DNV GL-classed Pacific Vision, was delivered by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard to China Merchants Energy Shipping Company. The vessel is the world’s first VLOC to implement DNV GL’s SmartShip descriptive notation. To qualify for the notation, Pacific Vision has been outfitted with an integration platform, a smart navigation decision support system, a ship energy efficiency management and optimization system, and smart-vessel operation and maintenance system. -
19 November 2018 | Solar energy | PRESS RELEASEU.S. Department of Energy awards study of bifacial PV technology, which could prove a 10% increase in energy output
Research study by DNV GL will be the most comprehensive energy yield analysis for bifacial PV modules to date -
15 November 2018 | Oil & Gas | PRESS RELEASEDNV GL’s Energy Transition Outlook predicts continuing demand growth for Middle East and North Africa oil and gas
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 15 November 2018: The world will need less energy from the 2030s onwards, but it will still require a significant amount of oil and gas in the lead-up to mid-century according to DNV GL’s 2018 Energy Transition Outlook, an independent forecast of the world energy mix in the lead-up to 2050. -
08 November 2018 | Solar energy | PRESS RELEASEDana Olson joins DNV GL as Global Solar Segment Leader
Dr Olson’s expertise and leadership will enable the acceleration of the solar industry