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MAY 17, 2021
A team of researchers led by Loretta Roberson, associate scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, has installed the first seaweed farm in Puerto Rico and US tropical waters. Puerto Rico has stable warm temperatures and ample sunlight year-round, as well as a wide range of exposure to prevailing winds and waves.
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DECEMBER 22, 2016
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the award of up to $40 million, subject to appropriations, to design, permit, and construct an open-water, grid-connected national wave energy testing facility. For context, approximately 90,000 homes can be powered by 1 TWh per year.
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AUGUST 22, 2016
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made 11 awards totaling $55 million aimed at building research capacity to develop new innovations at the intersection of food, energy and water systems and to address fundamental questions about the brain. Research at the nexus of food, energy and water. University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez.
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JANUARY 21, 2012
The US Department of Energy (DOE) released two nationwide resource assessments showing that waves and tidal currents off the nation’s coasts could contribute to the United States’ total annual electricity production. —Mapping and Assessment of the United States Ocean Wave Energy Resource.
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APRIL 11, 2023
General Motors (GM) has secured a next-generation lithium extraction deal with Puerto Rico-based startup, EnergyX. However, this process is time-consuming and involves significant chemical processing to get to pure lithium after evaporation.
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AUGUST 13, 2009
Reconstructions of past hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean indicate that the most active hurricane period in the past was during the Medieval Climate Anomaly about a thousand years ago when climate conditions created a “perfect storm” of La Niña-like conditions combined with warm tropical Atlantic waters. Michael Mann. Mann, Jonathan D.
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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
The Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will award $22 million in funding to 18 projects as part of the Macroalgae Research Inspiring Novel Energy Resources (MARINER) program. Several scenarios will be modeled for varying wave sizes, water depths, and currents. Earlier post.)
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