In a move that stunned the renewable energy world, the German utility RWE pulled out of the Siadar Wave Energy Project off the coast of the Scottish island of Lewis. The fate of this project is now in the hands of the other developer, Voith Hydro Wavegen, a renewable energy company based in Inverness. Wavegen [...]
Contracts have been awarded to the New England Aquarium and the College of Staten Island to collect migratory and habitat usage data on marine wildlife to help the evaluate sites for future wind energy development on the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Massachusetts. The contracts were awarded by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center [...]
Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenko and other national and state leaders today to recognize the pioneering Rhode Island Ocean Special Area Management Plan (Ocean SAMP). This new, innovative ocean management plan improves state review processes and policies to facilitate the development of offshore projects [...]
NOAA’s Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and the Government of Bermuda have pledged cooperation on scientific and educational programs to better protect the endangered North Atlantic humpback whale population. Together, they will collaborate on research, monitoring and outreach programs that could lead to better managing and protecting this species along its migratory route from the [...]
AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) has recently surpassed the construction of its 200th TRIAXYS™ Directional Wave Buoy. TRIAXYS™ Directional Wave buoys are currently deployed worldwide gathering wave data for renewable energy potential, research and impact studies, marine operations and general marine safety. TRIAXYS™ was created by AXYS in conjunction with the National Research Council (NRC) of [...]
As the demand for energy increases worldwide, the search for renewable and viable sources of power intensifies. Two Ryerson University researchers have taken that search underwater, and using Iran as a test case, have found that oceans and lakes could make an enormous contribution to global energy production. “Bodies of water are a huge, untapped [...]
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE: HOS) and Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) announced today that they have entered into a long-term agreement for spill response services in the Gulf of Mexico. Two U.S.-flagged 370 class multi-purpose support vessels (MPSVs) owned by Hornbeck Offshore are being retained by MSRC and equipped with dedicated spill response capability. [...]
The Clean Shipping Coalition welcomes the adoption by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) of an Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) regulation for new ships; but warns that it’s only the first step in what needs to be a far more expansive effort to address shipping’s climate impacts.(1) The regulation will only guarantee emissions reductions after [...]
Oceana, the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans, today released a new report outlining violations of sea turtle protection regulations in the Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Fishery. Specifically, the data shows that illegal fishing in the Gulf is killing thousands of threatened and endangered sea turtles, far more than had [...]
Today, Aquarium of the Bay launched a multi-prong effort to address the “Perils of Plastics,” through a new temporary exhibition as well as major organizational changes to combat the global issue.
Two offshore substations have been installed at London Array, marking a key phase in the project’s construction. Built on three levels, the substations weigh over 1,260 tonnes each – roughly the equivalent of 200 African elephants. Richard Rigg, Project Director at London Array, said: “This is a fantastic achievement for us and a real sign [...]
Shark Advocates International is applauding the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) decision to list largetooth sawfish (Pristisperotteti) under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA). Largetooth sawfish occur in coastal waters and rivers in Mexico, Central and South America, as well as West Africa. In the U.S., the species has been found in the Gulf of [...]
According to a story in the St. Petersburg Times, a Citrus County tea party group is fighting new restrictions on boating and other human activities in Kings Bay, Florida that have been proposed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Apparently they are not content to merely wreak havoc on the national economy, the tea [...]
The beautiful setting of the Channel Islands off the coast of France did nothing to calm tempers at the International Whaling Commission meeting this week. The Japanese, who where forced to end their southern ocean whale hunt earlier this year due to the actions of Sea Shepherd activists, are angrily insisting that the Australian’s do [...]
As part of Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar’s “Smart from the Start” initiative for Atlantic offshore wind development, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) announced it is seeking public comment on a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) that considers potential environmental and socioeconomic effects of issuing renewable energy leases in designated [...]
Today, The Climate Reality Project (formerly the Alliance for Climate Protection) announced a new global campaign to broadcast the reality of the climate crisis and mobilize citizens to help solve it. The campaign kicks off with 24 Hours of Reality, a worldwide, live streamed event on September 14-15. During the 24 Hours of Reality event, [...]
Aquamarine Power Gets Green Light for 2.4MW Demonstration Project in Orkney
Ecotricity Enters Wave Energy Industry
Alstom and SSE Renewables Create Joint Venture to Co-Develop World’s Largest Wave Farm off the Coast of Scotland
Pelamis Wave Power Up for Sale
Major New Green Energy Fund Acquires Stake in Aquamarine Power
Eco Wave Power Company is Taking the Fast Track to Success
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