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OPT Contracts With ACET for U.S. Navy SLAMR Initiative
Feasibility Study Will Focus on Linking OPT PowerBuoy Offshore 5G Communications Solution with Unmanned and Robotic Systems and Onshore Control Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (“OPT” or “the Company”) (NASDAQ: OPTT), a leader in innovative and cost-effective ocean energy solutions, today announced it has been contracted by Reston, Virginia-based Adams Communications & ...
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UN chief says current climate pledges insufficient
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged governments to put forth more ambitious plans to cut carbon emissions, saying "current pledges are simply inadequate." Speaking to a U.N. climate conference in Warsaw, Ban said countries need to "set the bar higher" as they negotiate a new global climate agreement that is supposed to be adopted in Paris in 2015. He asked countries to bring ...
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Global warming’s influence on El Niño still unknown
This is a central finding of an international science review by the World Climate Research Program’s Climate Variability and Predictability Pacific Panel, published today in Nature Geoscience. The Panel convened in Australia at the Greenhouse 2009 climate change conference to consider new research that could build an understanding of changes in the behaviour of ENSO. ENSO is a naturally ...
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OPT Taps SeaTrepid International for First Remote OPT PowerBuoy Deployment
OPT has contracted SeaTrepid International, LLC to deploy a turnkey PB3 PowerBuoy® and oceanographic monitoring system off the coast of Chile. Using remote collaboration tools, the Louisiana-based company’s personnel are virtually training on technical procedures and installation requirements with the OPT project engineering team to advance a planned December deployment. “The ...
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New law bolsters US efforts to make ocean-going ships cleaner
With the president's July 21 signature of the Maritime Pollution Protection Act of 2008, US agencies are setting course to implement a key international agreement to reduce air pollution from large ships. This key step clears the way for US ratification of the international treaty regulating emissions – known as MARPOL Annex VI -- from large diesel-powered, ocean-going vessels. Under MARPOL ...
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Deep-sea mining looms on horizon as UN body issues contracts
The deep oceans span more than half the globe and their frigid depths have long been known to contain vast, untapped deposits of prized minerals. These treasures of the abyss, however, have always been out of reach to miners. But now, the era of deep seabed mining appears to be dawning fueled by technological advances in robotics and dwindling land-based deposits. Rising demand for copper, ...
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Open Ocean Robotics Among Latest Cohort to Graduate Halifax’s Creative Destruction Lab
Halifax, NS, June 5, 2020 – Open Ocean Robotics, an ocean robotics company developing data analytics solutions for ocean industries, researchers and governments, announced their graduation from the 2019/2020 Oceans stream of the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL). Open Ocean Robotics develops solar powered autonomous boats that are equipped with oceanographic and environmental sensors to ...
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GE Opens New Global R&D Center in Brazil
Working with Petrobras and BG Group to develop advanced technologies for oil and gas processing on the seabed GE’s Brazil Technology Center to focus on subsea oil and gas research, capitalizing on $1.2 trillion offshore market opportunity Site will include “Crotonville” GE leadership facility to help develop future Latin American industry leaders General Electric (NYSE: ...
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Kongsberg USV to minimize Aker BioMarine’s carbon footprint
Aker BioMarine has ordered a new Sounder USV (Unmanned Surface Vehicle) from Kongsberg Maritime to further reduce their carbon footprint and optimize krill harvesting in Antarctica. The USV is also equipped to collect valuable scientific data. Sustainable use of the ocean and marine resources is a key part of Aker BioMarine’s strategy. To achieve this, the company has invested heavily in ...
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A new way to join the mission: fundraise to help clean up
It’s a question we hear again and again from our supporters: how can I take part in The Ocean Cleanup’s mission? Now there’s a new way for you (and your friends, colleagues, and fellow ocean lovers) to create your own impact on ocean plastic pollution with The Ocean Cleanup’s new fundraising platform. At The Ocean Cleanup, we believe in the power of collective action. ...
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Deep-ocean sentinels on northern climate watch
Up to 3,000 metres tall and carrying an array of special marine sensors, the moorings were deployed earlier this month as part of an international collaboration to monitor the Timor Passage and Ombai Strait – two strategic deep ocean channels which act as 'chokepoints' in the global system of ocean currents. Valued at over $1 million, the moorings were deployed as part of Australia's ...
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Minesto completes build and functional testing of sea-bed connection system for the 1.2-Megawatt powerplant Dragon 12
The Dragon 12 connection system is a scale-up and further enhancement of Minesto’s unique and verified LARS (Launch & Recovery System) technology, a principle applied and proven by Minesto since 2020. The system is remotely operated and controlled from the surface vessel by lowering the LARS frame attached to the male connector into the female connector in the foundation. In the ...
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GE To Develop Enhanced Sensing Capabilities for Underground CO2 Storage Wells
GE (NYSE: GE) Global Research today announced it has signed a contract with the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory system, to build a multi-point sensing system to monitor carbon dioxide (CO2) injected into geothermal containment wells. The use of these cavities, which extend 1-2 kilometers below the surface of the Earth, ...
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EPA, Coast Guard announce agreement to enforce air pollution requirements for vessels operating in U.S. waters
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) today announced an agreement to jointly enforce U.S. and international air pollution requirements for vessels operating in U.S. waters. The requirements establish limits on nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions and require the use of fuel with lower sulfur content, protecting people’s health and the environment by ...
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FORUM FEATURES WOMEN, YOUTH LEADERS IN PROTECTION OF WORLD`S OCEANS
October 22, 2007 — Forty years after Dr. Arvid Pardo, 'the Father of the Law of the Sea' and the United Nations Ambassador to Malta, declared the world's oceans a Common Heritage of Humankind at the UN General Assembly, the 32nd Pacem in Maribus (Peace in the Oceans) Conference, organized by the International Ocean Institute, will mark a watershed in marine conservation by engaging the collective ...
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Up for the Challenge
IFS is a proud supporter of Lewis Pugh’s recent expedition swimming 1 km across a supra-glacial lake in East Antarctica. Below, Pugh shares with us why he chose to swim Antarctica and his commitment to make the world a better place. People often ask me why I swim without any protection other than a cap, goggles, and a pair of Speedo swimming trunks – even when the water temperature ...
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New, Public Data Helps Advance Wave-Powered Desalination Systems
Since the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) deployed its first wave-powered desalination device in North Carolina's Outer Banks, WPTO and the lab have been working to make the device's data publicly available on a dedicated webpage. WPTO and the lab hope to support the development of wave energy systems by making validated designs and proven solutions more accessible for marine energy ...
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Landfill Project to Become a Renewable Energy Source for the State of Pennsylvania
Veolia Environmental Services Greentree Landfill Slated to become Waste Service Company's Newest Green Energy Producer Kersey, PA. - Veolia Environmental Services (Veolia ES) Greentree Landfill is well on its way to becoming one of Pennsylvania's newest green energy producers. The innovative renewable energy project, a partnership between Veolia Environmental Services and Beacon Landfill Gas ...
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New plant tests US appetite for seawater desalination
There's far more riding on the Americas' largest seawater desalination plant than the 50 million gallons of drinking water it will produce for the San Diego area each day. The plant, which opens this year, will help determine the future of seawater desalination in the U.S. The billion-dollar project is only the nation's second major seawater plant. The first U.S. foray in Tampa Bay is widely ...
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PSEG Joins UN 'Race to Zero' Initiative, Commits to Science-Based Emissions Reduction Targets
PSEG announced this week that it has joined the Business Ambition for 1.5°C and the Race to Zero campaigns and commits to developing science-based targets. The Race to Zero and Business Ambition for 1.5°C campaigns are designed to help mobilize support from businesses, cities, regions and investors for a healthy and resilient zero-carbon economy in line with global efforts to limit warming to ...
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