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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The hot, humid environment of tropical marine areas such as Australia’s Great Barrier Reef can wreak havoc on the marine autonomous systems. Underwater and surface MAS are used for marine monitoring, locating objects such as mines on the seafloor, and rescuing swimmers.

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Water Mariner Australia Engine 94

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

© Fujian Chuanzheng Shipbuilding industry Co., The order with Wärtsilä was placed in June 2022 by Shanghai CSIC Marine Propulsion Equipment, the integrator for the newbuild project. Xiamen port is an important deep water harbour in China’s Xiamen Fujian province. The 5000 HP tug is 38.3

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China Hybrid Mariner Maintenance 243

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

SABIC’s NORYL GTX 9500 resin retains a better balance of mechanical properties when exposed to heat and humidity typical of automotive under-hood environments, than polyamide (PA) resins (PA66 and PA6), as well as comparable high flow and high-temperature performance. SABIC’s new NORYL GTX 9500 resin is available globally.

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Carbon Fiber Auto Water Mariner 243

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Leclanché’s Marine Rack System (MRS), powered by the company’s proprietary lithium-ion cell batteries, was developed especially for the maritime industry and will reduce the ships’ consumption of fossil fuels by 40%. The water mist system integrates easily with existing water based fire suppression systems.

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Supplies Lithium Titanate Power Powered 186

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AUGUST 13, 2013

(Petrobras) has awarded the joint venture formed by Technip (50%) and DOF (50%) has eight contract covering the construction of four new pipelay support vessels (PLSVs) and operation in Brazilian waters to install flexible pipes. The combined value for Technip is approximately €1.35 billion (US$1.8 Click to enlarge.

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Water Brazil Romania 2016 340

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JUNE 15, 2013

The second ( DTMA-91-R-2013-0009 ) will award up to $500,000 for a comprehensive study on the issues associated with the bunkering (supplying a ship with fuel) of LNG for marine vessels. Of particular interest to MARAD is the use of natural gas (LNG or CNG) as a marine propulsion fuel. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Bunkering study.

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Mariner Emissions Alternative Fuels Gas 170

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JUNE 28, 2021

Thanks to the expertise of several project partners, HyFlexFuel proved that HTL biocrudes can be successfully upgraded to drop-in fuels in an industrially-relevant environment, achieving hundreds of hours of continuous operations. —Daniele Castello of Aalborg University.

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Convert Denmark Waste Conversion 418

Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

The shipping industry has been trying to cut its carbon emissions for years, and with little to show for it. The industry now faces serious pressure to pick up the pace. body that governs the industry, representatives doubled down on carbon-reduction ambitions, setting a net-zero emissions goal for 2050.

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Molten Salt Mariner South Korea Water 143

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), recently introduced legislation authorizing a study to determine the feasibility of building a deep water port in the Arctic. The two-year study would seek to determine what strategic capabilities a deep water port could provide as well as the best location to site such a facility. —Sen.

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Alaska Water Mariner United States 170

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JUNE 22, 2012

Ultimately, the need to decrease fossil fuel dependence makes it imperative that algae and algae-derived products are safe to humans and the environment. This knowledge is, however, changing rapidly, facilitated by research and industry and driven by economics. —Menetrez 2012. Toxicological impacts. dead zones or fish kills.

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EPA Industrial Industry Mariner 218

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JUNE 27, 2011

Coast Guard (USCG) will jointly enforce US and international air pollution requirements for vessels operating in US waters. The large marine diesel engines that provide propulsion and auxiliary power on many ocean-going vessels emit significant amounts of pollution. Earlier post.).

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Pollution EPA Water Mariner 230

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 27 projects for more than $37 million in funding to accelerate the technological and commercial readiness of emerging marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technologies, which seek to generate renewable electricity from oceans and free-flowing rivers and streams. Resolute Marine Energy, Inc.

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Mariner Energy Alaska New Jersey 210

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

To reduce the number of accidents in the global oil and gas industry caused by damaged pipelines, University of Houston researchers are developing an autonomous robot to identify potential pipeline leaks and structural failures during subsea inspections. When larger spills happen, pipelines are often the culprit.

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Oil Gas Chevron Houston 221

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APRIL 5, 2021

They precipitated lithium phosphate with a purity of 99.94% directly from the enriched solution, thereby meeting the purity requirements for application in the lithium battery industry. Preliminary economic analysis shows that the process can be made profitable when coupled with the Chlor-alkali industry. doi: 10.1039/D1EE00354B.

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Li-ion Saudi Arabia Sodium Electric 476

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APRIL 29, 2021

The nodule collection system consists of a collector head, jet water pumps and a collection drum, while sensors monitored the entire process. The deep seabed minerals industry remains in the exploration, research and development phase. The CCZ is a six million square kilometer region of the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Hawaii.

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New York City Hawaii Mariner New York 418

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The company claims to have adopted design practices from across the automotive, aerospace, and marine industries. Customizable wood decks give a warm feel and functional traction in marine environments.” Several different videos of the Vonmercier Arosa show it operating on everything from water to grass and even snow.

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Mariner Carbon Fiber Maryland MPH 52

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NOVEMBER 15, 2022

bp has successfully loaded the first LNG cargo from Mozambique’s offshore Coral Sul FLNG (floating liquefied natural gas) facility, the country’s first LNG project and first floating LNG facility deployed in the ultra-deep waters of the African continent. FLNG vessels are floating LNG production, storage and offloading units.

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Mozambique Gas-Electric Gas Waste 273

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is providing $41,270,609, with the remainder funded by industry and the research partners. Methane hydrate—natural gas trapped in an ice-like cage of water molecules—occurs in both terrestrial and marine environments. Natural Gas Ports and Marine Resources'

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Mexico Austin Oil-Sands Mariner 294

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DECEMBER 16, 2016

ARPA-E announced up to $25 million in funding for the MacroAlgae Research Inspiring Novel Energy Resources (MARINER) program ( DE-FOA-0001726 ). The deadline to submit a Concept Paper for MARINER is 5 pm ET, 14 February 2017. The deadline to submit a Concept Paper for MARINER is 5 pm ET, 14 February 2017.

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Mariner Energy United States Fuel 150

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MAY 22, 2012

Resource managers now have a method to determine the source of oil found in the waters off Southern California and differentiate between naturally seeped oils and those produced by offshore oil and gas production. The analysis resulted in a predictive model of oil source families that could be applied to samples of unknown origin.

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Oil California Water Mariner 199

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APRIL 14, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a funding opportunity announcement for up to $20 million ( DE-FOA-0001023 ) for applications for selection and award in FY 2014 that focus on the (1) methane hydrate reservoir-response field experiments in Alaska; and (2) field programs for marine gas hydrate characterization.

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Alaska Mariner Gas Russia 210

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

CU Boulder ] Researchers at CMU used fossil evidence to engineer a soft robotic replica of pleurocystitids, a marine organism that existed nearly 450 million years ago and is believed to be one of the first echinoderms capable of movement using a muscular stem. [ VISTEC ] Thanks Poramate! Energy Robotics hopes you had a Happy Halloween!

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Boston Egypt Universal Switzerland 111

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) released a report evaluating isobutanol, provided by Gevo, Inc., as a fuel blendstock for the boating industry. Over the summer, NMMA conducted two tests, an emissions test and a product test, to evaluate the effects of butanol-blended fuels in a marine environment.

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Gasoline Mariner Water Emissions 199

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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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AUGUST 8, 2009

Tasmania’s east coast is recording its highest-ever winter water temperatures of more than 13 ºC (55 °F)—up to 1.5 of Environment. As part of the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS), a National Reference Station mooring has been deployed at the same site, and data is now available online every 10 minutes. Click to enlarge.

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Water Australia Indonesia Climate 150

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

The primary challenge is to reduce capital and operating cost of macroalgae cultivation dramatically, while significantly increasing the range of deployment by expanding into more exposed, off-shore environments. ARPA-E is interested in new designs and approaches to macroalgae cultivation and production with integrated harvesting solutions.

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Mariner Fuel Conversion 2016 150

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JULY 2, 2014

plans to invest more than $1 billion to install a new delayed coker unit at its Antwerp refinery to convert heavy, higher sulfur residual oils into transportation fuels products such as marine gasoil and diesel fuel. The investment addresses an industry shortfall in capability to convert fuel oil to products such as diesel.

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Convert Oil Diesel Production 225

Baua Electric

APRIL 4, 2024

It can be used for a range of stationary storage use cases, including utility grids, home storage, microgrids, industrial applications, and more. Alsym batteries are ideally suited to both temperate and warming climates, as well as infrastructure and industrial applications including datacenters, steel mills, and chemical plants.

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Batteries Battery Boston Solar 40

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JULY 10, 2019

Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. Advanced Flow Meter for Extreme Environments (AFMEE), $100,000 MicroNuclear LLC, Franklin, Tenn. Solar Energy Industries Association, Washington, D.C. Madison, Wis.

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Commercial San Jose San Francisco San Diego 247

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JUNE 5, 2010

Speaking in Halifax, the Honorable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), made the announcement at the launch of the algal biofuel project at the National Research Council Institute for Marine Biosciences (NRC-IMB). The project received its funding through the National Bioproducts Program and NRC-IMB. Dr. O’Leary.

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Canada Oil-Sands Mariner Oil 286

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DECEMBER 15, 2018

HYON’s main focus is the maritime industry, where HYON offers system integration of all on- board hydrogen systems from bunkering flange, via tank systems and distribution systems to use of hydrogen in module-based fuel cells solutions. The projects are: Project ZEFF – Zero Emission Fast Ferry.

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Emissions Fuel Hydrogen Norway 247

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

This is an increase 100 times faster than any change in acidity experienced in the marine environment over the last 20 million years, giving little time for evolutionary adaptation within biological systems, the report says. Carbonate ion concentrations are now lower than at any other time during the last 800,000 years.

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CO2 Climate Change Emissions Mariner 186

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NOVEMBER 19, 2016

Given the unique and challenging Arctic environment and industry’s declining interest in the area, forgoing lease sales in the Arctic is the right path forward. Cook Inlet is a mature basin with a long history of oil and gas development in state waters, where existing infrastructure could support new activity.

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Mexico 2017 Oil Gas 150

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JULY 13, 2011

Australia’s CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia’s national science agency) and Australia Pacific LNG (a coal seam gas to LNG joint venture between Origin and ConocoPhillips) have launched a new research alliance to support the development of the coal seam gas (CSG) industry.

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Australia Coal Gas Gas-Electric 186

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The KPMG study, “Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”, explores issues such as climate change, energy and fuel volatility, water availability and cost and resource availability, as well as population growth spawning new urban centers.

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Climate Change Water Climate Global 310

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FEBRUARY 3, 2022

These challenges are essentially opening up to competition the development of solutions to key industrial and societal problems and offering prize money to the winners. And the maritime environment actually lends itself really well to those kinds of applications.” Arthur Morrish, CEO of ASPIRE The challenge runs in three phases.

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United Arab Emirates UAE Environment Commercial 101

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 14, 2023

In these kinds of engineering environments, co-designing with generative AI, high-quality, structured data, and well-studied parameters can clearly lead to more creative and more effective new designs. We envision the jellyfish robots collecting microplastics from the ocean and acting as part of the marine ecosystem.

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Aston Martin Design Engine Concept 130