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The GreenOcean Project
We have opened up the web site for the parent organization of OTECnews, The GreenOcean Project. There you can find projects other than the OTECnews web site and the OTEC Library which we work on.
posted by bjelkeman at 16:33

2002 - the year in review


OTEC - The most exciting work in OTEC probably goes on in India and on Hawaii. In India, the Sagar Shakti 1 MW OTEC barge was going to be deployed in September. However, we didn't hear about what has delayed it. On Hawaii, at NELHA, the work on the 55 inch pipeline and a pumpstation is ongoing.

Mariculture - has some minor positive stories this year, such as the Abalone farming project in Australia. Otherwise, the fish stories are mainly about doom and gloom with regards to depleted fish stocks.

Hydrogen economy - This has become a popular term "The Hydrogen economy". Even the US President Bush Jr. talked about it. However, it still is a long way away and although serious work is in progress to make it a reality, we predict another decade is needed before we start seeing a real impact from it.

Pollution - Global polution is high on the agenda in the media, but this was the first year when we started to see actual concequences of global warming through raising sea levels. Tuvalu is to start evacuating its people in 2003. Global warming is also eating away at the Arctic ice.

posted by bjelkeman at 15:08

North Sea catch quotas down again, but is it enough?
The Guardian has several articles on the new North Sea quotas set by the EU fisheries commission. The scientist say that species such as cod are on the verge of collapse and a total moratorium on fishing has been called for. However, in the end the politicians halved the permitted haddock, whiting and cod catches for 2003.
posted by bjelkeman at 14:48