Greece's energy storage sector is heating up, with the government confirming plans to publish an energy storage policy framework and hold tenders for 700 MW of battery storage.The Greek Government has
The construction has commenced on the world’s first fully electric passenger fast ferry at the Fjellstrand shipyard in Norway, partners in the EU-funded TrAM project said.
Partners in the TrAM project announce that construction has commenced on the world’s first fully electric passenger fast ferry at the Fjellstrand shipyard
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IMAGE: Between 1990 and 2015 alone, up to 100 million tons of trash are believed to have entered the oceans. view more
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Plastic bottles drifting in the sea; bags in the stomachs of turtles; Covid-19 masks dancing in the surf: few images are as unpleasant to look at as those that show the contamination of our oceans. And few environmental issues are as urgent and as present in the public awareness. Most people have an emotional connection to the sea. They think of ocean pollution as an attack on a place they long for, said Nikoleta Bellou, marine scientist at Hereon s Institute of Coastal System - Analysis and Modeling. Between 1990 and 2015 alone, an estimated 100 million metric tons of mostly plastic waste entered the oceans. For that instance the study fits to the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, which started this year to emphasize a sustainable use of the seas.
The Cyprus Energy Agency and the BLUE DEAL partnership are hosting the 3rd BLUE DEAL Transferring Lab, which is being held under the auspices of Larnaca Municipality. The Lab will take place in hybrid mode combining online and on-site presentations and will focus on Blue Energy related opportunities in Cyprus, as well as the wider Mediterranean area.
OBJECTIVE
The main aim of the Lab is to present and discuss the marine renewable potential on the island of Cyprus with a diverse set of.