A Favorable Fetch for US Offshore Wind
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Offshore wind caught a favorable gust with the 2020 election of Joe Biden, and the following breeze from the early 2021 reconfiguration of the U.S. Senate toward Democrats. Though widely touted as a growth engine for maritime businesses (as well as shoreside trades), the latter years of the Trump administration seemed to see delay after delay.
The class society DNV has been involved in offshore wind since its outset in the early 1990s, and now has 2,000 energy experts working in its efforts supporting this power source. Its business development manager, Nick Prokopuk, described the North American situation as being one of “revolution, not evolution” in a presentation at the recent Greek/Norwegian Chambers of Commerce virtual Shipping Conference, saying that “the growth forecast is exponential.” He explained that the coming decade will give rise to a huge demand for vessel constr
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Global Covid-19 cases increase for the 7th consecutive week, WHO chief says
From CNN’s Naomi Thomas
Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a daily press briefing on COVID-19 virus at the WHO headquaters on March 11, 2020, in Geneva. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images
There have now been seven consecutive weeks of increasing Covid-19 cases and four weeks of increasing deaths globally, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, said during a news briefing in Geneva Monday.
“In January and February the world saw six consecutive weeks of declining cases,” Tedros said. “We have now seen seven consecutive weeks of increasing cases and four weeks of increasing deaths. Last week was the fourth highest number of cases in a single week so far.”
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BINGHAMTON, N.Y. New grants from the State University of New York could help researchers at Binghamton University create a new therapy to provide relief to Parkinson s patients and help locate abandoned oil and gas wells.
Binghamton University researchers Christopher Bishop and Timothy de Smet have each received grants from the SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund, which helps faculty inventors and scientists turn their research into market-ready technologies. The technologies that our researchers are developing have the potential to assist people in pain and to protect our environment, said Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger. I m proud of the accomplishments that our faculty have made so far and am pleased that this funding will help support such important, potentially life-changing initiatives.
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