Resorts and towns along Mexico’s pacific coast, often referred to as the Mexican Riviera, are bracing for the landfall of category 2 hurricane Jova. Authorities have evacuated residents in vulnerable areas and set up shelters. They have also closed one the country’s busiest cargo ports in Manzanillo, due to the potential storm surge danger. The [...]
Federal regulators have had some difficulty attracting candidates for the job of enforcing safety and environmental rules on offshore oil and gas drillers, Michael Bromwich, director of the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE), said Tuesday. Bromwich has agreed to remain as head of the new U.S. Bureau of Safety and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
An area covering over two million square miles of the western Pacific Ocean, two-thirds of the land area of the United States, is slated to become the world’s largest shark sanctuary and the first one ever created through a regional agreement among governments. Leaders at last week’s 15th Micronesian Chief Executive Summit passed a resolution (PDF) to [...]
ESB’s WestWave Project has been selected by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR) as one of the projects to go forward for evaluation by the European Investment Bank (EIB) under the EU New Entrant Reserve (NER300) funding mechanism. The WestWave Project aims to develop the first wave energy project in Ireland by [...]
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 [...]
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
UK Government Steps in to Assure Future of Cornwall Wave Hub Site
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