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Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
As President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team prepares its green economic recovery plan, a Michigan clean energy finance program could provide a bipartisan model for how to spur energy savings and job growth.
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Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm UniversityFor the first time in the history of seafood production, ten of the largest seafood companies in the world have committed to a set of time-bound and measurable goals that will ensure the industry becomes more sustainable.
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Darius Snieckus, RechargeOceans of Energy development off northern Netherlands aims to accelerate commercialisation of offshore renewables-powered aquaculture.
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Mortenson has completed construction on the expansion and repowering of an 11-year-old Texas wind farm.
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Nicola Frost and Kristian Teleki, World Resources InstituteAt this unprecedented moment in time, one message has never been clearer: It is time to forge a new relationship with the ocean — one in which ocean protection and economic production and prosperity go hand-in-hand.
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Erna Solberg, NatureWhy I put my political will behind knowledge to benefit the ocean and humanity.
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Jane Lubchenco et al., NatureUnleash the ocean’s potential to boost economies sustainably while addressing climate change, food security and biodiversity.
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A project has been launched in the UK to explore the viability of developing an offshore charging facility for vessels as part of the industry’s efforts to decarbonize its vessel operations.
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European energy giant unveils investment strategy that will see it invest €160bn directly in green infrastructure, while leveraging a further €30bn from other parties.
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A new competition seeks new concepts to integrate wave energy with autonomous underwater vehicles.
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced Monday that he will give $791 million in grants as part of his Bezos Earth Fund to 16 organizations that are working to protect the environment.
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Editorial Staff, Renewable Energy MagazineMarine industry experts from Portugal and Canada are staging a special Blue Economy conference to spark transatlantic business growth. WavEC Offshore Renewables is teaming up with the Embassy of Canada to Portugal to host ‘Advancing the Blue Economy through Intercontinental Collaboration’.
It will run Dec. 9-10, 2020.
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UK water companies have drawn up a joint roadmap to rapidly decarbonise the industry within a decade, today unveiling a multi-billion pound plan to harness green gas, renewable power, electric vehicles, and nature-based climate solutions to deliver net zero emissions across the entire sector by 2030.
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The world's largest offshore floating wind project marked a major milestone this week, after MHI Vestas announced it had successfully installed one of the project's 9.5MW turbines on its floating foundation.
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Toby Hill, Business GreenWork to scale-up production of a protein animal feed aimed at transforming the aquaculture industry has received a boost this week, with UK biotech company Deep Branch having secured €2.5m funding from the Europe Innovation Council (EIC).
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Liz Hollaway, Ghislaine Llewellyn and Andy Steven, World Resources InstituteMore than 3 billion people live near the ocean, affecting coastal resilience and climate change adaptation.
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The EU is already a leader in tidal, wave and offshore wind energy. And now green hydrogen offers huge potential to accelerate the ocean energy opportunity.
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As Indonesia, the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia recover from the effects of COVID-19, it is necessary to enact policies for sustainable, inclusive and resilient growth. Building back better today by investing in clean energy can secure a prosperous and progressive future for all.
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ecoSPEARSIn the selection process, Katapult Ocean screened and interviewed a pipeline with more than 1,500 startups. Since 2018, Katapult Ocean has made 32 investments in exciting ocean impact companies from all over the world (17 countries and four continents). "Few options exist when it comes to eliminating persistent and emerging contaminants in soil, sediment, and oil - a problem which has grown with industry globally. ecoSPEARS is well-positioned to become the benchmark cleantech company for green remediation," said Jonas Skattum Svegaarden, CEO of Katapult Ocean.
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Joseph Polidoro, Science NewsIn the world’s largest seagrass restoration project, scientists have observed an ecosystem from birth to full flowering.
As part of a 20-plus-years project, researchers and volunteers spread more than 70 million eelgrass seeds over plots covering more than 200 hectares, just beyond the wide expanses of salt marsh off the southern end of Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
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