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Tag: Oceans
Offshore floating desalination plant aims to produce drinking water from the ocean
Ocean Oasis’ Gaia system has been designed to use wave power to desalinate water. Ocean Oasis Plans to use marine energy to desalinate water received a further boost this week, after a Norwegian...
Wave energy device put through its paces during trials in Scotland
The Waveswing wave energy converter photographed in Scapa Flow, Orkney. EMEC Sea-based trials of a wave energy converter weighing 50 metric tons have produced “highly encouraging results,”...
U.S. to provide millions in funding for tidal, river current systems
While there is excitement about the potential of renewable technologies such as tidal power, there are challenges when it comes to scaling up. Laro Pilartes / 500Px | 500Px | Getty Images The U.S. Dep...
New project will test the viability of large-scale wave energy
This image shows waters off the coast of Orkney, an archipelago north of the Scottish mainland that’s home to the European Marine Energy Centre. Capchure | Moment | Getty Images A 19.6 million e...
Big Eyes (BIG) to Familiarize Crypto Enthusiasts with Established Platforms, Including Solana (SOL) and FTX(FTT), and also Protect the Oceans
Advertisement     Undoubtedly, the cryptocurrency space has become a part of every sector in the world, from finances to entertainment. Especially the financial system...
Japanese shipping giant to take part in tidal power project
Buildings in Singapore at dusk. Asia is already home to a number of tidal power projects. Guvendemir | E+ | Getty Images Japanese shipping giant Nippon Yusen Kaisha is to take part in a tidal power pr...
The world’s most powerful tidal turbine just got a major funding boost
Orbital Marine Power’s O2 turbine at the Orkney Islands, north of the Scottish mainland, in September 2021. Scotland has become a hub for companies and projects focused on tidal power and marine...
World’s largest hybrid ship to ferry passengers between UK, France
An artist’s impression of the Saint-Malo at sea. According to Brittany Ferries will have a battery capacity of 11.5 megawatt hours. Brittany Ferries A ship set to carry passengers between the U....
Huge offshore wind farm to use recyclable turbine blades
A wind turbine at the Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm, in the Irish Sea. With governments around the world attempting to ramp up their renewable energy capacity, the number of wind turbines worldwide only ...
Climate change will force some UK communities to move, official says
Houses on the east coast of England, photographed in 2020. On Tuesday, the chief executive of the U.K.’s Environment Agency said climate change meant some coastal communities would have to move....
Oceans reached record heat, acidity in 2021: UN report
A diver inspects transplanted coral near Dibba Port in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, June 15, 2020. Christopher Pike | Reuters Oceans reached their hottest and most acidic levels on record last year...
Seaweed could be a vital ingredient in the fight against climate change
Like many coastal communities around the world, people living by the sea in the United Kingdom have harvested and consumed seaweed for centuries. In Wales, Welsh laverbread — made from cooking a type ...
FastBlade tidal turbine testing site opens in Scotland
An image of the £4.6 million FastBlade facility. Scotland has a long association with North Sea oil and gas production, but in recent years it’s also become a hub for companies and projects focu...
Orsted moves forward with plans to grow corals on wind turbines
Alongside their natural beauty, coral reefs have an important role to play in the natural world. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, around one quarter of the ocean’...
Taiwan’s ‘biggest offshore wind farm’ generates its first power
An offshore wind turbine in waters off Taiwan. Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs says it’s targeting 20% renewable energy generation by the middle of this decade. Billy H.C. Kwok | Blo...
Aviation In America And In Europe Are Oceans Apart
LISBON, PORTUGAL – AUGUST 31: Malta Air Boeing 737-8-200 MAX takes off from Lisbon Humberto Delgado … [+] International Airport on the last day of August, coinciding with the end of Summer...
Europe’s ocean energy installations surge back to pre-Covid levels
An overhead view of a tidal turbine from Orbital Marine Power on September 6, 2021. William Edwards | AFP | Getty Images European installations of tidal and wave energy capacity jumped in 2021, as the...
Britain resurfaces huge tidal energy plan amid Ukraine crisis
An aerial shot of the Severn Estuary from 2010. Jamie Cooper | Sspl | Getty Images An independent commission in the U.K. is to revisit the possibility of using the Severn Estuary, a large body of wate...
RWE, Tata Power to scope offshore wind projects in India
This image shows onshore wind turbines in Gujarat, India. Shiv Mer | Istock | Getty Images German energy giant RWE and India’s Tata Power on Monday announced a collaboration that will focus on d...
Extreme heat driven by climate change is new normal for oceans
A diver checks the coral reefs of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. on May 9, 2019 in Moorea, French Polynesia. Alexis Rosenfeld | Getty Images More than half of the world’s ocean surface...
US wave energy projects get funding boost as plans for open-water testing take shape
lindsay_imagery | E+ | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Energy has announced $25 million in funding for eight projects focused on wave energy technologies. The DOE said the projects will be based o...