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🌊🚢 NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration breaks ground on its new #Marine Operations Center in #Newport, #RhodeIsland. 📌 The $146.8 million facility is scheduled for completion in 2027, and is designed to support #NOAA's #Atlantic operations - with hopes it will also contribute to the local #blueeconomy. https://lnkd.in/dtpSpDUg

In a recent report, the University of Alaska Fairbanks's Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP), supported by Hawaii Natural Energy Institute and Office of Naval Research, concluded that Alaska's Railbelt communities could generate >90% percent of #electricity from non-fossil-fuel sources by 2050... but there is a catch. Learn more about the scenarios (tracks) laid out for Alaska's Railbelt and how they could affect other energy #investments in #Alaska and beyond in my article " A Track to #Sustainability" for the May edition of Alaska Business , available now in print and online! ( 👇 Link Below 👇)

Comment Assessing US Extended Continental Shelf (ECS) Claims in the Arctic By Mr Bipandeep Sharma The US Extended Continental Shelf (ECS) claims in the Arctic brings into question the legitimacy of established mechanisms like UNCLOS and CLCS. https://lnkd.in/gEwyC-Q9

☀💪 Solar power for the win! At the Damen Naval shipyard in Vlissingen Oost, we have covered all our suitable buildings with solar panels. Almost 3,000 solar panels have been installed, including 2,270 on the roof of our enormous Hall 2. The electricity generated by the panels helps to power the lights and equipment in our production halls. It is our aim to become the most sustainable shipbuilder in the world and that includes how we operate on our shipyards. The solar panels are one of the steps we have taken so far. Another is that, as of this year, we are using electricity from green sources only. #shipbuilding #naval #DamenNaval #sustainability

#HotOffThePress – Wärtsilä will supply the main power generation and power conversion system for a new 103.16m Antarctic Support Vessel being built for the Brazilian Navy. The new Polar Vessel – Navio Polar Almirante Saldanha (NPo) – will be operated by the Brazilian Navy and is of strategic importance for maintaining the Brazilian presence in the Antarctic continent and ensuring the continuity of the scientific research that has been carried out at the Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station. “With the company’s long-standing and extensive experience in marine technology, we trust Wärtsilä to deliver high quality and reliability in all their products and systems. These specialised vessels require superior performance, and we are confident that the Wärtsilä solutions selected will meet this requirement,” says Maicon Batista Pinto - Project Manager – Navio Polar, NPo. “We are very proud that Jurong has put their trust in Wärtsilä to be the supplier of this extensive solution for the Antarctic Support Vessel. Thanks to Wärtsilä’s advanced technologies, the overall Wärtsilä solution has been optimised to provide the best possible efficiency for the Brazilian Navy’s operations. This efficiency will also minimise emissions, which is in line with our core strategy of enhancing sustainability wherever possible,” says Simon Riddle General Manager Naval Sales, Wärtsilä. Read more in our latest press release 👉 https://lnkd.in/exVzqZhN #PR #PressRelease #decarbonisation #decarbonization #sustainability #research #shipping #maritime

Article (in Norwegian) on our LDUUV-project

An archipelagic state’s maritime domain would be greater than its land mass, its seaward horizon farther than its terrestrial boundaries. Its seabed resources are more plentiful than its land’s deposits. It is afforded numerous endowments and opportunities by its maritime domain. These are advantages too good to disregard or pass up. A maritime nation cannot reach its full potential or enjoy its maritime blessings if its people do not appreciate and know the importance of the maritime nature of the country. They are unable to see the value of having a robust and responsive maritime strategy. They might cede or lose by default their maritime heritage and resources to other countries that are more aware and interested with the bounties of the oceans. It is therefore in the highest interest of the archipelagic state that its officials and opinion-makers take the lead in awakening and fostering a maritime spirit among the people. Consequently, an effective maritime strategy needs to be formulated to take full advantage (in a sustainable way) of the maritime configuration of the country. Government, business and non-government entities and the public must work together under an able leadership. Defense should be in the form of joint cooperation among the armed services and not merely naval in nature. If mindsets are not attuned to the ‘maritimeness’ of a country, great opportunities to truly provide for the needs of the country and its citizens, would be wastefully missed or needlessly forfeited. - Reflections of an Old Salt

All funding should be reinstated to the Australian Antarctic Program and additional funding committed to complete the all-year ice runway and support facilities for military airlift operations. Additional funding should be committed to stationing an armed maritime asset (grey ship) in Antarctic waters. The ADF needs to develop an arctic warfare capability and facilities need to be developed to forward deploy kit and equipment as well as to support training and ELINT capability across the continent.

Once again, the Australian Antarctic Division is being clubbed for costs savings. On the other side of Canberra, the Defence Department is probably still dishing out public monies in the new financial year to its expanding social-virtue causes. The taxpayer still prays that the Auditor-General will one day examine the connection between virtue-signalling and strategic deterrence. As the Antarctic Division must find $25 million in savings soon, it might think to lease part of its Antarctic stations to the Chinese for their peaceful military purposes. Alternatively, the Antarctic Division might advance the argument that a properly funded Antarctic operation is a national security matter. They might even argue for more military support. Of course, the Antarctic Treaty states that Antarctica is only to be used for peaceful purposes. But that does not prevent Australia from relying more heavily on our Defence Force to support scientific research, on our habitation there, and on bolstering our sovereign claim to part of the continent as our territory. Nor does the treaty prevent Australia from conducting military training or peaceful operations there. Indeed, our Defence Force should have a command dedicated to training and operating in our extreme southern region to strengthen our southern flanks. We should certainly have all-year runways in Antarctica and on the Heard and McDonald Islands. And military forces should be permanently stationed there. The Heard and McDonald Islands should form part of our system of joint force sentinel stations to contribute to a future continental early-warning and missile-defence system. The Defence Strategic Review maintains the orthodox nonsense about posturing to our north as though securing our northern flanks and approaches protects us from all threats. Meanwhile, our population and critical infrastructure are concentrated to our south and undefended. Well-positioned Chinese surface and/or subsurface forces could strike on our southern flanks without our means of detection, warning, or interdiction. Until the federal government accepts the Australian Antarctic Division as part of our national security infrastructure, a southern military command established, and part of the defence budget reallocated to these things, we are as vulnerable as baby seals around Chinese Antarctic research stations to being clubbed for dinner. What is ludicrous about the situation is that $25 million is a rounding error in Defence. Or probably what it spends annually on pursuing social causes of dubious relevance to our defence and security. … The Australian Antarctic Division must find $25m in savings this year as the government flags possible cuts to crucial scientific research and a dramatic reduction in outsourcing to expensive consultants to meet the target.   https://lnkd.in/gndf2SZF (with thanks to the original poster)

✨Recognizing brilliance: C. P. Smith Grabs the Show!✨ Read this fascinating story to learn more about CP's extraordinary career at VAEP and how his significant contributions to renewable energy are being realized. Explore the special showcase page below and join us in praising CP for his commitment and significant role. https://lnkd.in/eZ9hjDZ3