Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
WORLD OCEAN INITIATIVE Energy Solutions
Florida startup OceanBased taps the Gulf Stream for a full day—and it now wants to go big.
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Levin, L., et al., World Resources Institute Energy Solutions
As clean energy expands, demand for metals and rare earth elements is growing along with it. Developing the wind turbines, solar panels and batteries that will power our low-carbon future requires cobalt, nickel, zinc, copper, silver, gold, lithium and more.
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Lisa Levin, Peter Haugan, Ines Aguiar Branco and Katie Flanagan Energy Solutions
A new Blue Paper commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy finds that deep-seabed mining is a potentially risky proposition that may, in fact, be unnecessary given the rapid development of alternative technologies that reduce demand.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Tourism
In the second of our Q&As with the three winners of the Women and the ocean: Changemakers challenge, we speak to Olga Lucía Caro Jácome, chief executive and co-founder of ProcoReef, about coral-reef restoration.
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Rob Kaplan Energy Solutions Plastics & Pollution
Climate finance and circular plastic investing are going to need to come together to address the climate crisis in a comprehensive way. Only by looking beyond renewables and closing the gaps and improving the production of materials like plastics, aluminum and so on can we develop the kind of circular economy we need to solve both the climate and plastic pollution problems.
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Craig Pittman Energy Solutions
Off the coast of Florida, testing whether the Gulf Stream can produce carbon-free electricity
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Vattenfall Press Office Energy Solutions
Vattenfall has taken final investment decision for Hollandse Kust Zuid 1-4 proceeding with the construction of what will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm.
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Stanley Reed Energy Solutions
The wind power industry sees an opportunity in allowing wind turbines to be pushed into deeper water.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Tourism
American ‘blue economy’ worth nearly $373 billion
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David Helvarg and Jason Scorse Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Shipping & Ports
The plan focuses on five key areas in need of government investment and innovative new policies: Coastal adaptation and financing, fisheries, aquaculture and biodiversity conservation, offshore renewable energy, and shipping, and ports and the maritime industries.
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Sandeep Bhattacharya & Sourajit Aiyer Energy Solutions
The coronavirus lockdown has accentuated the challenges by stalling the supply of panels imported from China and reducing the discoms’ motivation towards the rooftop solar segment and its net metering arrangements owing to the drop in demand from their staple industrial clients.
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Jennifer Browning & Gillian Lyons Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Undersea forests that sequester carbon, support fisheries, and protect shorelines are dying at alarming rates
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Jordan Davidson Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Researchers expect the rate of climate change in the deep parts of the oceans could accelerate to seven times their current rate after 2050, as The Guardian reported.
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Sandra Ponce de Leon Energy Solutions
More focus on blue carbon as a climate solution is needed especially as the world is losing coastal ecosystems at a 400% rate faster than rainforests.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
Government plans to stimulate economic recovery from the covid-19 pandemic should support growth and employment in the sustainable ocean economy.
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David Hume, World Ocean Initiative / The Economist Group Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
Guest blogger David Hume, marine energy manager with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the US, considers the role of innovation hubs in nurturing blue economy businesses.
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Ali Trueworthy, The Liquid Grid Energy Solutions
Ali Trueworthy, a student at Oregon State University and researcher at PMEC, sat-down with the PMEC directors from each university, Dr. Brian Polagye, Dr. Jeremy Kasper, and Dr. Bryson Robertson, to get their thoughts on the future of the center, marine energy, and the blue economy.
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Rachel Cooper Energy Solutions
Norway has approved plans for Equinor’s floating wind farm.
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Joshua S. Hill Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
Swiss-Swedish electronic manufacturing giant ABB has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with French hydrogen technologies specialist Hydrogène de France to jointly manufacture megawatt-scale hydrogen fuel cell systems for ocean-going vessels.
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Paul Brown Energy Solutions
With green energy from wind and solar out-competing fossil fuels, governments now hope for another boost − blue energy from the oceans.
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