Matt Rand, director of the Pew Environment Group’s Global Shark Conservation Campaign, issued the following statement in response to the United Nations General Assembly address by Johnson Toribiong, president of the Pacific island country of Palau: “The declaration that Palau will become the world’s first international shark sanctuary helps fill a dire need to save [...]
Plankton Power and RTDC have abounded a Consortium of local research-industry-government-military organizations collaborating to establish algae farm and biorefinery for production of renewable fuels. Plankton Power and the Regional Technology Development Corp. (RTDC) of Cape Cod announced the establishment of a public-private consortium focused on building a leading-edge facility to produce renewable biofuels from algae. [...]
Sep 29 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized |
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NOAA’s Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) is awarding $1.7 million in competitive grant funding to support ocean observing efforts in Southern California. Three grants will go to the Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS), located at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. The funds will help maintain and [...]
Unusually high temperatures in the Arctic and heavy rains in the tropics likely drove a global increase in atmospheric methane in 2007 and 2008 after a decade of near-zero growth, according to a new study. Methane is the second most abundant greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide, albeit a distant second. NOAA scientists and their colleagues [...]
Highlights from the Company £10 million first funding round to progress Oyster offshore testing Unique near shore Oyster wave energy device already installed at EMEC ahead of grid connection and sea trials First fully commissioned commercially available wave farm scheduled for 2014 Joint venture agreement in place with Airtricity, to develop up to 1GW of [...]
Sep 25 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized |
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The Carbon Trust is to support two cutting edge marine energy devices in a bid to accelerate the commercial development of wave and tidal energy in the UK. Projects to be supported through the Marine Energy Accelerator with Pelamis Wave Power and Marine Current Turbines will focus on installation and maintenance which currently account for [...]
The Marine Renewables Proving Fund, announced in July as part of the Government’s Renewable Energy Strategy, will be designed and delivered by the Carbon Trust and will provide finance for the demonstration of wave and tidal technologies. The funding follows demand from industry and analysis by the Carbon Trust which has shown that extra support [...]
Sep 25 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized |
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Development Timelines * Project Planning & Management * Installation Technololgy & Services “With the timely and adequate removal of barriers, up to 40 GW of offshore wind energy could be operating in the European Union by 2020” Loïc Blanchard, Senior Policy Advisor, EWEA With between 30 and 40 GW [...]
Sep 24 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized |
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503 WASHINGTON, DC – Obama Administration officials today released the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force Interim Report for a 30-day public review and comment period. The Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, led by White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley, consists of [...]
Sep 24 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized |
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OREG’s Fall 2009 Symposium is an opportunity for the sector to show its growing strengths and reinforce a growing Ottawa acceptance that ocean energy will be a part of Canada’s future electricity mix. NOTE:The block of discounted rooms will only be available until September 27th; book now and save $50 per night. Reservation information is [...]
Sep 21 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized |
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HARBOUR GRACE, NL – On July 6, 2009 in provincial court at Harbour Grace, Lorne Porter of Port de Grave, was convicted of providing false information in his fishing logbook. Mr. Porter was fined $20,000 and ordered by the court to hail out to Fisheries and Oceans Canada 24 hours prior to departure during the [...]
Sep 20 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized |
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LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA—U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and Mayor Jerry Sanders led a groundbreaking ceremony in La Jolla, Calif., today for two new buildings dedicated to ocean science on the campus of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. The project is a major groundbreaking in California under the American Recovery and Reinvestment [...]
WASHINGTON, DC – Obama Administration officials today released the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force Interim Report for a 30-day public review and comment period. The Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, led by White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley, consists of 24 senior-level officials from Administration agencies, departments, and offices. The report provides [...]
Menlo Park, Calif.—Water is familiar to everyone—it shapes our bodies and our planet. But despite this abundance, the molecular structure of water has remained a mystery, with the substance exhibiting many strange properties that are still poorly understood. Recent work at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and several universities in Sweden and [...]
LEWISTON, Idaho – Temperature differences and slow-moving water at the confluence of the Clearwater and Snake rivers in Idaho might delay the migration of threatened juvenile salmon and allow them to grow larger before reaching the Pacific Ocean. A team of Northwest laboratories researchers are examining the unusual life cycle of the Clearwater’s fall Chinook [...]
Sep 19 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized |
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WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that 22 advanced water power projects will receive up to $14.6 million in funding to advance the commercial viability, market acceptance, and environmental performance for new marine and hydrokinetic technologies as well as conventional hydropower plants. The projects selected today will further the nation’s [...]
Sep 19 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized |
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