Elizabeth Warren just unveiled the Blue New Deal — a major package of environmental protections that focus on the ocean, offshore drilling, and coastal health. The plan is the firstContinue Reading
The Ministry has embarked upon a program for ‘Blue Flag’ Certification for select beaches in the country. This Certification is accorded by an international agency “Foundation for Environment Education, Denmark”Continue Reading
Renewable energy comes in many forms, with sunlight, wind, and flowing water being the most common. There is also an enormous amount of untapped energy in ocean waves. Ocean EnergyContinue Reading
In a decision that would give boost to the ocean energy in India, Union Minister, Shri RK Singh approved a proposal to declare ocean energy as Renewable Energy. Accordingly, the MinistryContinue Reading
There are thousands of giant oil tankers crisscrossing the world’s oceans with their cargoes of death-dealing products. Every year, a hundred or so are retired. Many of those are runContinue Reading
The floor of the world’s seas is scattered with vast beds of black potato-shaped polymetallic nodules comprising copper, nickel, cobalt, manganese, iron and rare earth elements. These natural goodies areContinue Reading
A new design of the device known as Wave Energy Converter (WEC) according to its innovator D Chandrasekar is a fresh approach to harness renewable energy from sea waves. “OceanContinue Reading
A completely new concept of underwater wave energy using a simple 7 ton kite turbine design has been developed by Minesto; which is a spinoff from the Swedish military andContinue Reading
