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Angry Bird – Green PIGS
Germany could pounce on green PIGS power for import … Can the PIGS (Portugal, Greece, Italy and Spain)…
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The Prius of the Seas - Ten technologies that you will have on your ship in 2020
Peak oil will result in permanently high oil prices, get used to it! The electric ship will help reduce fuel consumption and emissions from ships by introducing these ten technologies: Parallel hybrid power generation Super-capacitors Large batteries – Li-ion Fuel cells Solar panels Flywheels Retractable…
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The next big thing is LNG/battery hybrids
We are now looking at 22 LNG fuelled ships in operation, 23 more on order, plus a whole range of discussions, concept studies and designed ships more or less close to being ordered. You can say that the shipping industry has now realized that LNG is a viable and available option as a marine fuel. I am…
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LNG for small scale electricity generation
At DNV, we have recently finalized a study looking at various aspects of implementing LNG as the main…
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Why aren’t you listening?
Mark Trexler’s excellent blog piece “What’s Missing When It Comes to Managing Climate Risk” dated…
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Success in Durban cannot disguise need for climate adaptation
DNV's Bjørn Kj. Haugland argues the case for a risk-based framework for tackling unavoidable climate…
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On sustainability and shopping
Having joined DNVs Sustainability and Innovation division only this January, I have not yet tired of sustainability-mania. However, I would like to share some sustainability thoughts. While growing up, it was common knowledge that when the Chinese all have the things that we had, that would be the…
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The cities of the future are being built today – Can our vision of what the future should look like…
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Clustering and Interconnection of offshore wind could save Northern Europe €27 billion
This is the conclusion in the final report from the OffshoreGrid project, a scientifically based…
Growing confidence in LNG as a future marine fuel
As part of a project to define the future design of container feeder ships for operation in the Baltic…
LNG bunkering in Singapore
For the implementation of LNG as a marine fuel for deap sea vessels, Singapore appears to be the key…
Success in Durban cannot disguise need for climate adaptation
DNV's Bjørn Kj. Haugland argues the case for a risk-based framework for tackling unavoidable climate…
Climate changes require new planning routines
A changed climate represents a changed risk picture for society and industry. We have the tools for planning…
How to consume and produce sustainably?
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in collaboration with the European Commission, has recently published…
Managing risks and seizing opportunities in renewables in Africa
African countries are on the verge of an economic breakthrough and offer great opportunities for those…