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 renewable energy on the scale that Britain needs – the issues of cost and intermittent output. Searaser is the brainchild of British engineer Alvin Smith; [...]
Isaac Held, Ph.D., a senior research scientist with the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in Princeton, N.J., will receive the prestigious BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for his contributions to improved understanding of climate change and atmospheric circulation systems. He will accept the award at a ceremony in Madrid, Spain, in June. In his [...]
NOAA has announced the designation of additional critical habitat to provide protection for endangered leatherback sea turtles along the U.S. West Coast. NOAA is designating 41,914 square miles of marine habitat in the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of California, Oregon and Washington. This designation will not directly affect recreational fishing, boating and other private [...]
British Researchers have published a new study indicating that an expanding pool of freshwater in the Arctic ocean may impact the Atlantic ocean currents which gives Europe a considerably milder climate than other countries at a similar latitude. Using satellites to measure sea surface height from 1995 to 2010, scientists from University College London and [...]
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 energy site located north of mainland Orkney, in The Crown Estate’s Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Strategic Area. Alstom and SSE Renewables will work together [...]
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 interest of a UK buyer such as BAE Systems or Rolls Royce if possible, that has the approximately U.S. $31 million required to bring their [...]
In partnership with state, tribal, and federal agency partners, the ObamaAdministration today released the first draft national strategy to help decision makers andresource managers prepare for and help reduce the impacts of climate change on species, ecosystems, and the people and economies that depend on them. The draft National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy, available [...]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 15 January, 2012: I am pleased to be with you for this Assembly at the beginning of the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All. Abu Dhabi, home to IRENA and host of the [...]
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 annual electricity production, further diversify the nation’s energy portfolio, and provide clean, renewable energy to coastal cities and communities. These new wave and tidal resource [...]
In a massive rescue effort, IFAW’s (International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org) Marine Mammal Rescue and Research Team has been able to rescue and release 19 of the 27 Common dolphins that stranded alive on Cape Cod shores during the past few days including a dolphin calf and a pregnant mother. Approximately 32 additional [...]
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 the Costa Concordia struck rocks Friday evening and capsized. Rescuers exploded four holes in the hull of the ship earlier Tuesday to gain easier access [...]
Italian authorities resumed their search for survivors in the wreckage of the Costa Concordia cruise ship today despite concerns that the vessel could shift and plunge off a ledge into deeper waters. The Costa Concordia was carrying 4,234 passengers and crew when it hit rocks Friday evening near Giglio, a small island off the coast [...]
Chevron Canada Limited, Statoil Canada Ltd. and Repsol E&P Canada Ltd. have concluded agreements to conduct exploration activities offshore in Atlantic Canada. Chevron and Statoil have also finalized another agreement for exploration activities in the Canadian Beaufort Sea. These new joint ventures over large blocks in deep water represent important strategic steps for all three [...]
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 despite this major new discovery, Statoil Chief Executive Helge Lund has [...]
An international team of scientists sailing onboard the research vessel JOIDES Resolution recently returned from installing observatories beneath the seafloor in “North Pond” – a remote area in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Scientists hope that data collected from these subseafloor observatories (known as CORKs, or Circulation Obviation Retrofit Kits), along with studies of [...]
Since the 1930s, Louisiana has lost land the size of Delaware—about 1880 square miles. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, if this trend continues, Louisiana will lose a wetland area larger than the size of Manhattan every year. These losses are a disaster not just for citizens who are seeing their land wash away, but [...]
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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