Research on the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico took a major step forward today with the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GRI) Research Board’s announcement that eight Research Consortia will be funded for the next three years. A total of $112.5 million over three years will support this [...]
BOEMRE has announce that it will hold the first oil and natural gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. Consistent with steps President Obama announced in May 2011 to expand domestic oil and gas production safely and responsibly, the proposed Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale [...]
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) today announced it has contracted with the National Research Council’s Marine Board to conduct a study on regulating worker safety in connection with the development of offshore renewable energy on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The project will be important in establishing worker safety requirements [...]
NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco, along with other NOAA officials, joined representatives from the Oregon fishing industry and state representatives to celebrate the successful completion of one project and inaugurate a new partnership to remove derelict crab pots and other marine debris in Oregon’s coastal fishing waters in a dockside event in Newport, Ore., this past [...]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded Mote Marine Laboratory a $192,000 grant to study how sharks fare after anglers release them — critical knowledge that will help resource managers maintain healthy shark fisheries. Mote scientists will record fine-scale movements of released sharks in unprecedented detail using accelerometers — tags with motion-sensing technology [...]
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) a leading wave energy technology company, is pleased to announce the deployment for sea trials of a unique autonomous wave energy device, marking an important milestone in the expansion of the Company’s PowerBuoy product line. “This is a significant achievement for Ocean Power Technologies in the development and commercialization of its [...]
Several parties in China are planning to sue U.S. oil giant ConocoPhillips over the oil spill from two of the company’s platforms in Bohai Bay, off the Chinese coast. The site is operated jointly by a Chinese subsidiary of ConocoPhillips and its partner, the National Offshore Oil Corporation of China. According to ConocoPhillips, more than [...]
Have you been blissfully enjoying your canned tuna assuming that all was well since it carried that “Dolphin Safe” label on the label? Well, guess again. Greenpeace has launched a new campaign to educate consumers about the destructive fishing practices being carried out by the Tuna industry. The “dolphin safe” labelcame about due to the consumer [...]
The first grid-connected, commercial scale tidal turbine went into opertaion at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney, Scotland last week. The 1MW device was developed by Atlantis Resources Corporation. The AR1000, as it is called, is a behemoth standing 73 feet off the seabed with an 18 metre rotor diameter. This is great news [...]
The Republican majority in the House of Representatives seem to believe that the only thing they need to protect their children and grandchildren from is higher taxes. Whether the next generations of Americans have clean air, clean water or are able to partake in activities we now take for granted such as going to the [...]
Oil company Royal Dutch Shell is facing heavy criticism as a result of their handling of the biggest oil spill in British waters in a decade. Thirteen hundred barrels of oil have leaked so far from a pipeline connecting a well to the Gannet Alpha platform, situated about 122 miles east of the renewable energy hub [...]
Key industry tidal energy experts are set to map out their plans to deliver large scale installation projects for tidal energy devices at the 5th Annual International Tidal Energy Summit and Awards this November. With demonstration tidal projects already producing energy in Europe, America and Asia and the first multi megawatt arrays in the pipeline [...]
The New Jersey Seafood Cooperative of Belford is the latest addition to the Fishing for Energy initiative, the program providing commercial fishermen a cost-free way to recycle old and unusable fishing gear. Gear, such as rope and fishing nets collected at the Co-op will be processed into clean, renewable energy at the Covanta Union Energy-from-Waste [...]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admiistration’s (NOAA) Teacher at Sea (TAS) program’s 2011 Field Season is underway. The TAS program is to give teachers a clearer insight into our ocean planet, a greater understanding of maritime work and studies, and to increase their level of environmental literacy by fostering an interdisciplinary research experience. The program [...]
According to Australia’s ABC news, eight years after it was abandoned due to cost overruns, the large scale tidal power plant in the Kimberley region is back on the agenda. The developer, Tidal Energy Australia, has reapplied for environmental approval for the project. The $400 million project would be the world’s third largest at a [...]
Ocean energy company, BioPower Systems, today announced that it has completed extensive tests of its full-scale O-DriveTM power conversion module, successfully delivering stable power to the grid over extended periods with a high level of efficiency. The O-DriveTM 250kW module is designed to plug into wave and tidal energy systems, such as the company’s bioWAVETM [...]
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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