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JANUARY 20, 2024

The IMO’s previous goal was a 50 percent reduction by 2050 in comparison with 2008 levels. Vard Group is part of NuProShip , a consortium of the Norwegian maritime authority, universities, shipbuilders, and shipping companies that aims to develop a Generation IV reactor for marine vessels. million (an eye-popping $495 million today).

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Molten Salt Mariner South Korea Water 144

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DECEMBER 23, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized its new rule for Category 3 marine engines—engines with per-cylinder displacement at or above 30 liters. By 2030, the domestic and international strategy is expected to reduce annual emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO x ) from large marine diesel engines by about 1.2

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Mariner EPA Engine Emissions 170

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

Methane hydrate—natural gas trapped in an ice-like cage of water molecules—occurs in both terrestrial and marine environments. Council of Canadian Academies (2008). This poses technical and scientific challenges to those working to eventually produce energy from the deep-water deposits. Click to enlarge.

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Mexico Austin Oil-Sands Mariner 294

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APRIL 8, 2009

In 2009, the DOE was appropriated $40 million to investigate advanced water power energy generation technologies. Advanced water power” refers to both marine and hydrokinetic power and conventional hydropower, and to newer technologies with a combination of energy and environmental performance advantages relative to existing technologies.

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Water Mariner Power Powered 150

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The MS-100 fuel cell system has been developed for marine applications and off-road applications such as construction and material handling equipment which demand reliable operation, high power output and flexibility. The fuel cells are powered by hydrogen, pure or reformed, and produce electricity and heat with no emissions other than water.

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Fuel Sweden Mariner 2008 150

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MARCH 3, 2022

Siemens Energy will design, supply and commission the electrolysis system consisting of three full arrays of its latest and most powerful line of PEM (proton exchange membrane) electrolysis products including transformers, rectifiers, distributed control system (DCS) plus the equipment to produce demineralized water.

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Energy Denmark Gas-Electric Fuel 370

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JANUARY 30, 2009

Green areas indicate waters supersaturated with aragonite carbonate and favoring shell formation, with darker color indicating more favorable conditions. Red areas are those where waters are under-saturated in aragonite and so hostile to shell formation by marine organisms, with darker color indicating greater under-saturation.

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Monaco Mariner Climate Change Montenegro 150

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FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Keppel Offshore & Marine Technology Centre (KOMtech), a design and engineering arm of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), and ConocoPhillips are jointly designing a first-of-its-kind ice-worthy jackup rig to operate in the Arctic Seas.

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Design Mariner Water Asia 210

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Neste Oil is expanding its algae research ( earlier post ) with the launch of a joint algae research program with the Marine Research Centre at Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE). Algae oil is also an excellent alternative in terms of sustainability, as it does not compete with food production for supplies of potable water or land.

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Environment Oil Renewable Diesel 199

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JUNE 12, 2010

Researchers at Fudan University (Shanghai, China) have converted the marine macroalgae Enteromorpha prolifera , one of the main algae genera for “green tide”—massive algal blooms caused by eutrophication of marine water bodies—to bio-oil by hydrothermal liquefaction in a batch reactor at temperatures of 220-320 °C. MPa with N 2.

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Oil Convert Green Mariner 186

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MAY 5, 2011

In the second phase, the scientists found that methane would then seep into the Arctic Ocean and gradually overwhelm the marine environment’s ability to break down the gas. Supplies of oxygen, nutrients, and trace metals required by methane-eating microbes would dwindle year-by-year as more methane enters the water.

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Climate Change Gas Mariner Climate 218

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MARCH 18, 2019

The US Army Corps of Engineers estimates that, as of 2014, there were approximately 9,000 Category 1 and 2 marine vessels operating on US waters. Since real-world workboat engines are operating with longer lifespans, the actual nitrogen oxide emission reductions are 52 percent weaker than predicted in EPA’s 2008 Rule calculations.

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Mariner EPA Emissions Engine 223

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APRIL 30, 2009

In June 2008, ARB adopted a regulation that requires ocean-going vessels (OGV) within 24 nautical miles of California’s coastline to use lower-sulfur marine distillates in their main and auxiliary engines and auxiliary boilers, rather than the dirtier heavy-fuel oil called bunker fuel. Earlier post.). is a signatory.

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Emissions Sacramento Mariner 2008 150

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MAY 16, 2011

The researchers also found that every ship in California waters whose emissions were measured was using low-sulfur fuel.

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Pollution California Clean Cleaning 186

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MARCH 1, 2009

Mountain snowpack in the Great basin and major water supply basins for California. Despite the recent rain and snow ,” the governor’s office warned, “ cumulative water deficit is so large that there is only a 15% chance that California will replenish its water supply this year. ”. Source: USDA. Click to enlarge.

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California Los Angeles Water Climate Change 199

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Significant climate anomalies 2008/2009. Losses of tropical and temperate mountain glaciers affecting perhaps 20-25% of the human population in terms of drinking water, irrigation and hydro-power. In 2008, the minimum ice extent was 9% greater than in 2007, but still the second lowest on record. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Climate Change Climate 2007 Ozone 259

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Nitrogen and phosphorus from agricultural fertilizer have been found to promote excess growth of algae in water bodies—a problem that’s common across North America and in many areas of the world. In some cases, decomposition of algae consumes much of the oxygen in the water. Earlier post.).

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Mississippi Mexico 2007 Wisconsin 255

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2008 were nearly 40% higher in 2008 than in 1990. If the surface is covered with water, methane-producing bacteria break down the organic matter. surface temperatures, 1980-2008. For example, a La Niña climate pattern was active in 2008.

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Climate Change Climate 2008 2009 239

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AUGUST 17, 2018

They are low-noise and are based on the almost unlimited availability of water as a resource. In June, a power generating system based on PowerCell’s fuel cell stacks and developed by PowerCell’s Norwegian joint venture Hyon, received the first approval in principle for a fuel cell-based power generating system for marine vessels.

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Mariner Fuel Sweden Climate Change 186

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OCTOBER 31, 2010

In early 2008, we announced our first investment in Australia. The gas is trapped in coal seams (typically 300-600 meters underground) by water pressure. The water is pumped out, and the natural gas is released from the coal. Gas- and water-gathering systems and gas processing and compression infrastructure.

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Coal Gas Australia Water 210

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MARCH 6, 2010

Some offset projects may provide further benefits, such as: (a) the promotion of sustainable development; (b) improvements in air or water quality; (c) the creation of new domestic and international economic opportunities; and (d) the incentivization of innovation as parties seek new methods of generating offsets. CCX, “ CCX Offsets Program.

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Climate Change Climate Emissions 2008 218

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MAY 10, 2011

77% is up from just under 13% of the total primary energy supply of around 490 Exajoules in 2008. Of the around 300 Gigawatts (GW) of new electricity generating capacity added globally between 2008 and 2009, 140 GW came from renewable energy. Technology subcategories and discount rates were aggregated for this figure. Source: SRREN.

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Renewable Supplies Global Energy 218

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

However, the estimated reduction in carbon intensity from 2008 levels by 2030 is 3.2%—at In 2018, the IMO set out a vision to reduce the carbon intensity of international shipping by 40% by 2030, relative to 2008 levels. or in water with a high concentration of lithium carbonate (brine). Background Data.

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Emissions Australia Carbon South America 418

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Sterling Camp Current Profession: Marine Assurance How will you add value to the EAA Board? As a mariner, I have focused on Health, Safety, & Environment concerns. Sterling's career in marine transportation also provides him experience in transportation logistics. Your membership supports our EV education and outreach work.

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North America America El Paso New Mexico 68

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Sterling Camp Current Profession: Marine Assurance How will you add value to the EAA Board? As a mariner, I have focused on Health, Safety, & Environment concerns. Sterling's career in marine transportation also provides him experience in transportation logistics. Your membership supports our EV education and outreach work.

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North America America El Paso New Mexico 52

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MARCH 22, 2010

Offset Quality Initiative, Ensuring Offset Quality (July 2008), available at: [link]. Field-to-Pump” maximizes rural development and job creation while minimizing feedstock supply risk, the burden on local water supplies, and the amount of energy necessary to process sugar into fuel ethanol.

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Carbon Climate Change Climate Emissions 255

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

In a 2008 brief on CARACaS, JPL engineers noted that the software was potentially applicable to diverse robotic systems that could include aircraft, spacecraft, ground vehicles, surface water vessels, and/or underwater vessels. Autonomous driving Controls and controllers Ports and Marine Sensors Vehicle Systems' Aghazarian, H.,

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Vehicles Yemen Mariner Fusion 307

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Marine Corps used the autonomous K-Max helicopters for resupply missions in Afghanistan. Indago flies above structures engulfed in flames and maps out the hot zones, on which K-Max then drops flame retardant or water. K-Max and one of Lockheed Martin’s small UAVs, the Indago , have been used to fight fires.

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Nigeria Niger Universal Afghanistan 95

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced a set of proposals to transition Washington to cleaner sources of energy and to meet greenhouse gas (GHG) emission limits adopted by the state Legislature in 2008. The proposals build on a comprehensive executive order issued by the governor in April. Cap-and-trade. M, operating budget).

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Washington Cleaner Emissions Energy 220

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FEBRUARY 1, 2014

The document is posted on State’s Keystone project site , which it has run since the beginning of the Keystone XL Presidential permit process in 2008. Keystone’s first application for the Keystone XL pipeline was submitted on 19 September 2008, and a Final EIS was published on 26 August 2011.

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Oil-Sands Nebraska Oil Montana 220

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OCTOBER 2, 2013

The original Plan, first released in 2008, was developed on the principle that a balanced mix of strategies is the best way to cut emissions and grow California’s economy in a clean and sustainable direction. AB 32 requires the Scoping Plan to be updated every five years. The focus areas include: Energy. Agriculture. Waste Management.

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Climate Change 2020 Climate Transportation 220

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APRIL 21, 2009

CalCars PRIUS+/Ron Gremban, Fall 2004 Ron Gremban, CalCars team; initially with EnergyCS technology (not used in redesigned conversion) Marin County, CA info@calcars.org 2. Sonoma County Water Agency "Sparky" by Hymotion, May 2007, (Santa Rosa, CA), contact: sherwood@scwa.ca.gov Wisconsin Public Power Inc. Full size photo.

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Prius Conversion Plug-in Plug 48

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

US intelligence and defense agencies say such environmental changes can lead to energy insecurity, water and food shortages, and social instability. The distributed nature of a SABMF network reduces feedstock supply risk, does not burden local water supplies and maximizes rural development and job creation. Protection of IPRs.

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Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions 244

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APRIL 10, 2010

The first auction for allowances was held on September 25, 2008. Since September 2008, RGGI has raised $583 million for the states in these quarterly auctions of permits with between 65 and 70 percent of cap-and-trade proceeds going back into the clean energy economy. The program then reduces the cap by 2.5 Another six U.S.

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244