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Ecotricity Enters Wave Energy Industry »

Ecotricity, a UK green energy company,  is developing a radical Wave power device called Searaser – which it believes can address two of the biggest barriers to the deployment of…

Jan 26 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
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Alstom and SSE Renewables Create Joint Venture to Co-Develop World’s Largest Wave Farm off the Coast of Scotland »

Alstom and the leading Scottish marine developer SSE Renewables have signed a new joint venture agreement to develop the Costa Head Wave Project, an up to 200 Megawatts (MW) wave…

Jan 20 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
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Pelamis Wave Power Up for Sale »

Pelamis Wave Power, a leading ocean power company based in Leith, UK has placed itself on the market according to several British newspapers.  The company is hoping to attract the…

Jan 20 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
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DOE Reports Show Major Potential for Wave and Tidal Energy Production Near U.S. Coasts »

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released two nationwide resource assessments showing that waves and tidal currents off the nation’s coasts could contribute significantly to the United States’ total…

Jan 18 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
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Update on Italian Cruise Ship Tragedy »

Updated information on the grounding of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia near the island of Giglio, Italy. Teams have been searching the ship for passengers and crew missing since…

Jan 17 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

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Additional Critical Habitat for Leatherback Sea Turtles Designated in U.S. »

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NOAA has announced  the designation of additional critical habitat to provide protection for endangered leatherback sea turtles along the U.S.…

Jan 23 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Nearly 60 Dolphins Stranded on Cape Cod »

A female dolphin and her calf are transported by a team from the International Fund for Animal Welfare and the New England Aquarium before being released back into Cape Cod Bay, south of Boston in this Jan. 14, 2012 photo. REUTERS/Julia Cumes

In a massive rescue effort, IFAW’s (International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org) Marine Mammal Rescue and Research Team has…

Jan 18 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Three Ships Pay Penalties for Violating Rules to Protect Endangered Right Whales »

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Three large commercial vessels who were assessed civil penalties this fall for violating seasonal speed limits designed to protect one…

Jan 11 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Deepwater Horizon Leaked Over 10,000 tons of Gas and Oil per day- New Study »

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By combining detailed chemical measurements in the deep ocean, in the oil slick, and in the air, NOAA scientists and…

Jan 11 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

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Statoil Makes Major New Oil Discovery in Barents Sea But Still Seeks to Drill in Environmentally Fragile Areas »

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The Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil ASA together with its partners Eni Norge AS and Petoro AS have made a substantial oil discovery in the Havis Prospect of the Barents Sea.  This is the second high-impact discovery in the North in nine months.  But…

Jan 16 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Deepwater Horizon Leaked Over 10,000 tons of Gas and Oil per day- New Study »

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By combining detailed chemical measurements in the deep ocean, in the oil slick, and in the air, NOAA scientists and academic colleagues have independently estimated how fast gases and oil were leaking during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The…

Jan 11 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

NOAA Seeking Comments Arctic Oil and Gas Exploration Environmental Impact Statement »

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NOAA is seeking public comment on a draft environmental impact statement describing how offshore oil and gas activities in the U.S. Beaufort and Chukchi seas could affect marine mammals and the Alaska Native communities that depend on them for subsistence. The document also examines measures…

Jan 5 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

BOEM Seeks Public Input on Gulf of Mexico Oil Lease Environmental Impact Statement »

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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has completed a draft environmental impact statement regarding multiple oil and gas lease sales tentatively scheduled between 2012 and 2017 in the Western and Central Gulf of Mexico planning areas, offshore the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.…

Jan 2 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Air Pollution Levels from Deepwater Horizon Spill Similar to Large Urban Area »

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The amount of air pollutants in the atmospheric plume generated by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was similar to a large city according to a new NOAA-led study published today in a special issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers from the…

Dec 20 2011 / No Comment / Read More »
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Storing Renewable Energy as Hydrogen. One MegaWatt Electrolyzer Selected »

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Hydrogenics to Provide a One MegaWatt Electrolyzer for Renewable Energy Project Hydrogenics Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of hydrogen generation and fuel cell products,…

Nov 5 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

Developing a Wave Power Industry in France »

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Fortum and DCNS have recently signed a Letter of Intent on cooperation in the field of wave power research and development in France. A joint feasibility…

Nov 4 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

Offshore Wind Farm in German North Sea Obtains Financing »

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Willi Balz, Chief Executive Officer of the Windreich AG, has announced that the company has secured total project financing for its first offshore wind park…

Nov 4 2011 / No Comment / Read More »
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Next Steps for Proposed Mid-Atlantic Wind Energy Transmission Line

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that it is taking the next steps in the review for a potential Mid-Atlantic Wind Energy Transmission Line. Atlantic Grid Holdings LLC has requested a right-of-way grant to…

Jan 6 2012 / Read More »
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New International Report Shreds Japan’s Carefully Constructed Fukushima Scenario

Japan’s six reactor Fukushima Daichi nuclear complex has inadvertently become the world’s bell-weather poster child for the inherent risks of nuclear power ever since the 11 March Tohoku offshore earthquake, measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale,…

Nov 3 2011 / Read More »
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Marine Science Research Center Opens in Massachusetts

The University of Massachusetts Amherst and the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) celebrated the opening of a shared marine science research center at Hodgkins Cove, a $400,000 renovation made to…

Dec 8 2011 / Read More »
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Are the Maldives Jeopardizing Ocean Eco-Tourism with Dolphin Lagoon?

The Maldives is a nation made up of 1,190 coral islands formed around 26 natural ring-like atolls, spread over 90,000 square kilometres of crystal clear Indian Ocean.    It is truly one of the most beautiful…

Nov 2 2011 / Read More »
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W2 Energy Completes Construction of WaterHelix Hydrokinetic Power Head

W2 Energy, Inc.,  a developer of green energy, is pleased to announce it has completed construction of the WaterHelix hydrokinetic power head. OnNovember 1, 2010, W2 Energy purchased pending patents 12/508,990 and 12/696,631, representing designs for…

Nov 26 2011 / Read More »
Coal Death Watch GREENPEACE BRIDGEPORT HARBOUR GENERATING STATION

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Banner reads: “Shut it down – Quit Coal” BRIDGEPORT, CT— Last month Greenpeace activists scaled the Bridgeport Harbor Generating Station coal elevator to demand the aging and dirty coal-fired power plant be shut down. A 40…

Mar 13 2011 / Read More »
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We Will break Through Barriers Facing Scottish Renewables

Chris Huhne vowed today to leave no stone unturned in support of Scottish renewable energy projects.…

Mar 24 2011 / Read More »
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Ocean Power Technologies Announces Results for the Quarter and Nine Months Ended January 31, 2011

PENNINGTON, N.J.- Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTT) (“OPT” or “the Company”) announces its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended January 31, 2011 of its fiscal year ending on April 30, 2011.…

Mar 20 2011 / Read More »
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$1.77 Million in Federal Funding to Benefit Ocean Observing in the American Northeast

The North American maritime and ocean research community will benefit greatly from federal funding of more than $1.7 million recently awarded to NERACOOS, the Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems. NERACOOS, a component of…

Nov 30 2011 / Read More »
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Second Silver Cargo Shipwreck Discovered on Torpedoed SS Mantola

SS Mantola Shipwreck Cargo to be Recovered by Odyssey Under UK Government Contract Tampa, FLorida. – Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (Nasdaq:OMEX), a pioneer in the field of deep-ocean shipwreck exploration, announced today that it has discovered…

Nov 6 2011 / Read More »

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