Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Jeff St. John, Green Tech Media Energy Solutions
Biden administration actions could double renewables by 2030, but new laws will be needed to achieve greater gains, Wood Mackenzie finds.
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Matt Egan, CNN Business Energy Solutions Plastics & Pollution
The Rockefeller Foundation, a 107-year-old philanthropy built by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, is breaking up with fossil fuels in an effort to save the planet.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
The Ocean Changemakers Challenge aims to showcase innovators working to develop business solutions to ocean-related sustainability challenges. It is aimed at early-career researchers or professionals. Entries will close at 11.59 PM (GMT) on February 5th 2021.
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UMAS Energy Solutions Shipping & Ports
The infographic shows the deep emission cuts that will be needed to meet the IMO GHG targets and demonstrates that energy efficiency measures, whilst important, will not be sufficient on their own.
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Darius Snieckus, Recharge Energy Solutions
Report from IHS Markit calculates $1.3trn will go into clean-energy by 2025 as renewables surge to account for 18% of worldwide electricity supply.
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Cheryl Katz, Yale Environment 360 Energy Solutions
Driven by technological advances, facilities are being built with storage systems that can hold enough renewable energy to power hundreds of thousands of homes. The advent of “big battery” technology addresses a key challenge for green energy — the intermittency of wind and solar.
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Darius Snieckus, Recharge Energy Solutions
Northern Lights project being developed together by Shell, Total and Equinor will 'ship in' CO2 collected from industrial emitters for storage under North Sea.
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Leigh Collins, Recharge Energy Solutions
The late-night agreement by European leaders is set to rapidly increase the cost of emitting greenhouse gases, potentially speeding up the energy transition
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Leigh Collins, Recharge Energy Solutions
The world’s first detailed roadmap on how to enable a nation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 has been published by UK government advisory body, the Climate Change Committee (CCC).
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Tom Perkins, Renewable Energy World Energy Solutions
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 University Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
For 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, Recharge Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Oceans of Energy development off northern Netherlands aims to accelerate commercialisation of offshore renewables-powered aquaculture.
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Clarion Energy Content Directors, Renewable Energy World Energy Solutions
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 Institute Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
At 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, Nature Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
Why I put my political will behind knowledge to benefit the ocean and humanity.
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Jane Lubchenco et al., Nature Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
Unleash the ocean’s potential to boost economies sustainably while addressing climate change, food security and biodiversity.
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Marine Technology News Energy Solutions
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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Toby Hill, Business Green Energy Solutions
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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Blue Power Connectors Team, World Ocean Initiative Energy Solutions
A new competition seeks new concepts to integrate wave energy with autonomous underwater vehicles.
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Allen Kim, CNN Energy Solutions
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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