CMA CGM Partners with IKEA to Test Marine Biofuel On Board Containership
The logistics arm of retail giant IKEA has teamed up with French shipping group CMA CGM and others to test the use of sustainable marine bio-fuel oil on board a...
The logistics arm of retail giant IKEA has teamed up with French shipping group CMA CGM and others to test the use of sustainable marine bio-fuel oil on board a...
By Alex Longley (Bloomberg) — A Danish shipping company is planning to use waste vegetable oil to power its fleet, the latest in a list of fuel innovations from a...
by Sophie Hares (Reuters) – Energy from the ocean breakers that pound Mexico’s Pacific Coast could soon be turned into electricity as an Israeli joint venture finalizes permits and financing...
Ocean Power Technologies Inc. climbed to a 19-month high after installing its first power-generating buoy designed for commercial use, off the coast of New Jersey. Ocean Power gained 75 percent...
USS Carl Vinson Strike Group, Exercise Tandem Thrust 2003, US Navy Photo WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) Rear Adm. (Ret.) Robert James’s characterization of the Navy’s pursuit of alternative fuels and energy technologies...
LONDON (Dow Jones)–DONG Energy, E.ON AG (EOAN.XE) and Masdar said Tuesday that the first of 177 foundations has been installed at the U.K.’s multi-billion pound flagship offshore wind farm London...
Will the waterways soon be flooded with biofuel tankers? Brazilian state-run energy giant Petrobras (PBR, PETR4.BR) will spend $3.5 billion over the next four years to more than double biofuels...
Gamesa Technology Corp., a global wind energy leader, and the shipbuilding operations of Northrop Grumman Corp., America’s largest shipbuilder, yesterday launched the Offshore Wind Technology Center to jointly develop the...
WASHINGTON – Wind energy projects off the coasts of four U.S. states will be fast-tracked for approval, top Obama administration officials said this week. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Interior...
[U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gregory N. Juday/Released] Last week, the U.S. Navy showed off the power and maneaverability of its 49-foot experimental Riverine Command Boat...
From the gCaptain Archives: In honor of the EPA’s Pollution Week, let’s take a look at an archived post on Skysails. But first, here is a brief update into the...
What are the 11 most interesting Wind Turbine Designs? Today’s hottest job market for mariners is Offshore Oil and Gas but this is by no means the only controversial industry...
Passion focused on a singular goal is often the driver of new ideas and technology. Today the focus for many is on saving our planet from the effects of...
The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command has recently chartered the M/V Beluga Skysails for over a month long voyage transporting Air Force and Army cargo from Europe to the U.S. ...
In our country’s race to become more energy independent, offshore wind farms have taken a back seat to the offshore drilling debate that is currently heating up in our politics. ...
IMC has a very complete post on alternative energy ideas for harnessing power from our oceans. They tell us; Wave power refers to the energy of ocean surface waves and...
The ship pictured above fails to impress the Icelandic tourists who board her for a short whale watching tour but after talking with the crew their attitude changes. ABC News...
We have taken a look at ways to harness the ocean’s immense power before but this alternative energy solutions is slightly different. Using subsea moorings and 100′ diameter turbines this...
OTEC, or ocean thermal energy conversion, is an energy technology that converts solar radiation to electric power. OTEC systems use the ocean’s natural thermal gradient—the fact that the ocean’s layers...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rVBl6hRvdc Generating energy using tides in the Bay of Fundy.
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