Last Updated Nov 10, 2018 Monica La Bennett, Vice-President (Operations) at the CDB delivering the keynote address at the Blue Economy Caribbean event, held in Miami on November 6, 2020. (Caribbean Development Bank Press Release)– The Caribbean could transform its energy sector and diversify economic activity by exploring marine...
Ocean Energy
New Technologies in the Ocean Energy Sector
by European Commission Joint Research Centre Ocean energy technologies. Credit: EU, 2018 While the ocean energy sector is still at an early stage of development, a new report analyses ten future emerging technologies to generate energy from the ocean tides and waves. An integrated systems approach is necessary for their...
Ocean Current Energy, An Untapped Resource
According to the Ocean Energy Council, “ocean [or marine] currents are one of the largest untapped renewable energy resource on the planet. Preliminary surveys show a global potential of over 450,000 MW, representing a market of more than US$550 billion”. Energy derived from the world’s oceans is found in...
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) makes use of the temperature differences between the deep cold and relatively warmer surface waters of the ocean to generate a constant, clean source of electricity. This constancy differs from the output of renewable resources such as wind and wave energy that sometimes...
How Renewable Energy is Creating Eco-Friendly Cities
As the population of the world is growing, urbanization is developing rapidly in many cities around the world. People living compact in the same area can have many benefits. However, at the same time, pollution continues to increase in these areas. For example, air pollution rises as the demand for energy,...