An associate professor at the University of Delaware, Cristina L. Archer, spoke about various advantages of wind energy at the “Why Wind Energy?” seminar held at the Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences building on Cook Campus on Friday. Besides its environmental benefits in comparison with f
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) has discovered oil in the new Darwin oil field in the Northern North Sea area near the Shetland Islands in Scotland. Leo Koot, the managing director at TAQA’s UK oil and gas business, said: “This discovery proves that the North Sea still has great potent
A Stanford economist pitches open-source software for evaluating potential offshore wind turbine sites for optimal energy production and minimal disruption of other marine industry. Offshore wind has significant potential to help the United States meet its growing energy needs, but the U.S. marine r
The Marine Renewables Infrastructure Network for Emerging Energy Technologies (MARINET) has opened a 3rd Call for applications for free-of-charge access to MARINET facilities. Those interested in the test facilities must apply by March 27th, 2013. A cornerstone of the MARINET initiative is the offer
Hyperdynamics Corporation yesterday announced the completion of an updated oil resource evaluation study of the oil and gas concession offshore Republic of Guinea conducted by Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc., a leading provider of reserve audits and exploration resource assessments. A summary
Huge quantities of algae are growing on the underside of sea ice in the Central Arctic: in 2012 the ice algae Melosira arctica was responsible for almost half the primary production in this area. When the ice melts, as was the case during the ice minimum in 2012, these algae sink rapidly to the bott
In its 4th edition, The World Onshore Pipelines Market Forecast 2013- 2017 from Douglas-Westwood, considers the prospects for this global business and values the future markets through to 2017 by key component, region, pipeline type and diameter. Over the past decade, persistent increase in energy d
The UK government’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) today announced their approval of the Field Development Plan (FDP) put forward by Statoil and its co-venturers for the Mariner heavy oil field. The project entails investments of more than USD 7 billion and is the largest new offshor
Today, the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy is announcing this year’s licensing round for mature areas on the Norwegian continental shelf – Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2013. The aim is to award new production licences in the announced areas at the beginning of 2014. “I am very pleased to announ
A tidal energy platform specialist, Sustainable Marine Energy (SME), working closely with Cranfield University, has completed a £150k SEIS eligible funding round which was corner-stoned by a £133k investment by a London Business Angels (LBA) syndicate, including a £40k investment by the LBA SEIS Rou
Weiren Lin (Group Leader) from Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC: Asahiko Taira, President) and other researchers have analyzed the geophysical logging data collected by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 343
Cristobal Colon is the biggest of Bermuda’s shipwrecks. This massive Spanish cruise liner was 499 feet long and three decks high. It crashed into the coral reefs off the Bermuda’s North Shore while traveling with 160 crew members from Wales to Mexico. The Cristobal Colon nowadays is scattered across
Yesterday, WWF launched a new report – Putting the EU on Track for 100% Renewable Energy – which shows where Europe needs to be by 2030 in order to reach a fully renewable energy system by 2050. It is comes just as the European Commission is beginning to consider post-2020 climate and energy plans.
Yesterday, WWF launched a new report – Putting the EU on Track for 100% Renewable Energy – which shows where Europe needs to be by 2030 in order to reach a fully renewable energy system by 2050. It is comes just as the European Commission is beginning to consider post-2020 climate and energy plans.
