Nova Scotia Outlines Steps to Develop Marine Renewable Energy
Nova Scotia, a province on Canada’s east coast, has taken another step towards turning its abundant ocean energy resources into an affordable supply of clean, renewable electricity.
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U.S. BOEM Forms South Carolina Offshore Renewable Energy Task Force
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held its first offshore renewable energy task force meeting in cooperation with South Carolina’s Energy Office. This intergovernmental task force was established to facilitate communication between BOEM and state, local, tribal and federal stakeholders concerning commercial renewable energy leasing and development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) off [...]
BOEM Solicits Comments on Proposed Oil and Gas Lease Sales in the Gulf of Mexico’s Eastern Planning Area
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that it will open a comment period and hold a series of public scoping meetings to gather information to be used in preparing an Environmental Impact Statement for two proposed oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico’s Eastern Planning Area. As the President discussed in [...]
U.S. Senate Passes the RESTORE the Gulf Coast States Act
A coalition of six Gulf Coast restoration advocacy groups praised the Senate today for passing the Surface Transportation bill with an amendment that would dedicate 80 percent of the Clean Water Act fines from BP and the other parties responsible for the Gulf oil spill to restoring the Gulf Coast. The current transportation bill expires [...]
UK Announces Multi-Million Dollar Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult Centre
The UK’s Technology Strategy Board has announced that the UK-wide consortium bid from Carbon Trust, National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) and Ocean Energy Innovation has been selected to play a pivotal role in setting up the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult. The Technology Strategy Board is the UK’s innovation agency; its goal is to accelerate economic [...]
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 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 [...]
U.S. National Ocean Policy Draft Implementation Plan Open for Public Comment
As part of President Obama’s National Policy for the Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes, the National Ocean Council has released a draft National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan to address some of the most pressing challenges facing the U.S. oceans, coasts, and the Great Lakes. The draft Implementation Plan describes more [...]
Three Ships Pay Penalties for Violating Rules to Protect Endangered Right Whales
Three large commercial vessels who were assessed civil penalties this fall for violating seasonal speed limits designed to protect one of the most endangered whale species in the world have paid their penalties in full. Cases against six other vessels for the same offense are still open. The ship strike reduction rule, enacted in December [...]
Scotland to Sign Landmark Agreement with Masdar for Renewable Energy Development
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond will travel to the Middle East next week to sign a ground-breaking deal on renewables. Mr Salmond will sign Scotland up to a landmark agreement to develop tangible green energy products with the world’s leading innovator, Masdar, based in Abu Dhabi. The deal to be signed next Tuesday (January 17) [...]
NOAA Accepts Keys to Gulf of Mexico Disaster Response Center
Over the past decade, the greater Gulf of Mexico region has been battered not only by hurricanes and oil spills, but by numerous natural and human-caused events such as tornadoes, droughts, harmful algal blooms, dead zones, and wildfire. The impacts from these events have lasting effects on vital economic drivers such as fishing, boating and [...]
EU to Provide Free Testing Site Access to Marine Renewable Energy Industry
The European marine renewable energy sector is set to benefit from a new €9m EU-funded initiative to provide access to test facilities in specialist marine renewable energy centres across Europe. ‘MARINET’ (Marine Renewables Infrastructure Network) offers periods of marine renewable energy testing at these centres at no cost to participants, through funding from the European Commission. The network [...]
BOEM Seeks Comments on U.S.Renewable Energy Auction Process
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is seeking comments on proposed lease sale auction procedures designed specifically to meet the needs of offshore wind development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) as part of the Secretary of the Interior’s “Smart from the Start” initiative. Based on its own research and an auction study commissioned [...]
Dec 3 2011 | Posted in Latest Ocean News,Ocean Industry, Policy & Regulation,Offshore Wind Energy | Read More »
U.S. Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK) Renewable Energy Roadmap Announced
The Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition (OREC) unveiled the first U.S. Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK) Technology Roadmap. The roadmap describes the issues, challenges and opportunities facing the MHK industry and outlines a clear and logical path to its commercialization. Technologies that capture energy from free-flowing waves, tides and currents represent the potential to provide up to [...]
U.S. Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK) Renewable Energy Technology Roadmap Announced
The Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition (OREC) unveiled the first U.S. Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK) Technology Roadmap. The roadmap describes the issues, challenges and opportunities facing the MHK industry and outlines a clear and logical path to its commercialization. Technologies that capture energy from free-flowing waves, tides and currents represent the potential to provide up to [...]
Nov 3 2011 | Posted in Hydrokinetics,Ocean Industry, Policy & Regulation,Ocean Power Technologies & Projects | Read More »
BSEE Names New Chief of Offshore Regulatory Programs
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director Michael R. Bromwich today announced the appointment of Doug Morris to serve as BSEE Chief of Offshore Regulatory Programs. “Throughout the recruitment process, we have looked for people who are technically skilled and experienced, who have a strong commitment to public service, and who can spearhead our [...]
BOEMRE Reorganized Into Two Separate Bureaus
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster of 2010 highlighted the disfunctional relationship that the Minerals Management Service, the regulator responsible for overseeing the oil industry, had with the very companies they were supposed to regulate. In response, the Obama administration created the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement ( BOEMRE). The final step in the re-organization [...]
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BOEM Seeks Input on an Environmental Assessment for Ocean Current Technology Testing Offshore Florida
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UK Opens a £20Million Marine Energy Grant Opportunity
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U.S. DOE to Fund One Wave Energy Project for One Year
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Norway’s Wello Will Deploy Wave Energy Converter at EMEC by the end of the Month
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Ocean Power Technologies Announces Results for the Fiscal Third Quarter Ended January 31, 2012
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Ocean Renewable Power Company Receives Permit for Tidal Energy Project in Bay of Fundy
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