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Millions of years of on-off ice ages have left behind a mix of different sediments.
A floating tidal stream turbine undergoing testing in Orkney, Scotland.
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Subsidies could help kickstart cost cutting and innovation in this prohibitively expensive industry.
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Wind turbines need building, heat pumps need installing – but Britain has a chronic skills shortage.
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From its inadequate safety provisions to vague wording around Native Title rights and interests, the bill leaves us wanting.
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Offshore renewable energy installations could provide so much more than just clean electricity.
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More than ten offshore wind farms are currently proposed for Australia. If built, their combined capacity would be greater than all coal-fired power plants in the nation.
Building a U.S. offshore wind industry will require more than just fast-tracking permits.
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The Biden administration has a goal of getting from today’s 42 megawatts of offshore wind power to nearly 30,000 by the end of the decade, but there are still obstacles ahead.
Building a U.S. offshore wind industry will require more than just fast-tracking permits.
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To increase renewable energy use, the Biden administration wants the US to go from seven offshore wind turbines today to enough to power 10 million homes within a decade.
Ocean giants.
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As few as 100 companies produced 60% of revenues in eight ocean industries in 2018.
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Will Boris Johnson’s ‘offshore wind revolution’ really unlock significant economic value?
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A recent report found widespread support among North Sea oil and gas workers for a career in renewable energy.
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China has a monopoly on rare earth metals, so where will the materials for the UK’s wind revolution come from?
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More than 80% of the world’s offshore wind blows further from land than conventional wind farms can reach.
The oil and gas sector has transformed Newfoundland and Labrador over the past few decades.
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Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore oil and gas industry is the province’s largest contributor to the economy and will be critically important to its future.
Oil tankers load up in a port at twilight.
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The Great Acceleration inaugurated the Anthropocene in the 1950s. Now, a similar race for resources and space is happening in the ocean.
Crossrail under construction.
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More spin less gas?
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The choice is now between a green grid or a whole lot more gas-fired power.
Offshore wind turbine near Scotland.
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Generating less electricity with fossil fuels could help save lives.
Mass. Gov. Charlie Baker signed a comprehensive energy law in 2016 that authorized the development of new offshore wind and hydroelectric projects.
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Several states, including Massachusetts and Rhode Island, have developed ambitious renewable energy targets that hinge in large part on getting their power from turbines stationed in the water.
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, left, speaks with Deepwater Wind CEO Jeffery Grybowski in 2016.
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Experts expect the wind business to remain brisk in the US and abroad, on land and offshore.