
Shipbuilding RFP Issued to Build Hydrogen-Hybrid Research Vessel
in submitting proposals can contact Lynda Ta at [email protected] or Gary Oshima at [email protected]. Proposals will be accepted through May 9, 2025, with a final selection expected by June 20, 2025.Funding for CCRV comes from the State of California, the U.S. Office of Naval Research, and the Department of Energy, as part of the Alliance for Renewable Clean Hydrogen Energy Systems (ARCHES), California’s clean hydrogen initiative. Initial feasibility studies were conducted by Sandia National Laboratories and Glosten, with support from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administratio

Wind Patterns Help Predict Low Antarctic Sea Ice
.As summer arrives in the Southern Hemisphere, the current sea ice extent remains sparse around Antarctica, close to a record low for this time of the year.The study was published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment and was funded by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy

White House Releases National Strategy for Marine CO2 Removal Research
strategy covers biological and non-biological methods.The Fast Track Action Committee on Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal led the development of the strategy under the National Science and Technology Council. Fourteen federal partners contributed to the Fast Track Action Committee, including the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Vycarb Launches CO2 Removal Pilot in New York Waterway
measurement and removal of water-based carbon.In under two years, Vycarb has sold $0.5M in carbon offsets to companies including Stripe and Milkywire, demonstrating strong market demand and differentiation as a fully-measured and permanent carbon offset. Vycarb was also selected by the U.S. Department of Energy as a semi-finalist for a potential first-ever offset purchase by the U.S. government. Recently, Vycarb secured a deal with Rio Tinto to deploy its solution in heavy emitting facilities, leveraging the technology's unique ability to be distributed to existing facilities, and overcoming

US Wave Energy Set for Government Commercialization Boost of $112M
The U.S. Department of Energy has made its largest ever investment in marine energy, making $112.5 million available for the commercialization of wave energy technologies.This five-year investment is expected to significantly accelerate the design, fabrication, and testing of multiple wave energy converters (WECs), which harness power from ocean waves.Administered by the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO), the investment is designed to support development and testing of WECs to provide power for at-sea applications, such as ocean observation, aquaculture, and marine carbon dioxide removal, and

BRIX Marine Building Research Vessel for Long Island Sound Study
environmental research along Connecticut’s coast. Commissioned by the Long Island Sound Study (LISS), the vessel will play a key role in marine and water quality research, expanding on the work of the RV John Dempsey, which has been active in the area since 1990.Built for the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP), the new vessel will gather critical data to support efforts in understanding and protecting Long Island Sound’s ecosystems. The project is funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which is helping bring this modern research boat to life

US National Lab Takes Delivery of First Hybrid Research Vessel
RV Resilience, a new hybrid research vessel designed by Incat Crowther and built by Snow & Company in Seattle, has been delivered to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).RV Resilience is the Department of Energy’s first hybrid electric-diesel research vessel. The 15-meter aluminum catamaran will help PNNL sustainably expand its research activities in the Sequim Bay region of Washington state.RV Resilience’s 28 m2 main deck is equipped with an A-Frame, boom crane and movable davit in addition to a foldable swim platform. Designed to support

SLB OneSubsea Eyes C-Power’s Wave Energy Tech for Powering Subsea Assets
for subsea energy applications.Subsea Integration Alliance partners SLB OneSubsea and Subsea7 will together with U.S.-based wave energy company C-Power test the next generation of its SeaRAY autonomous offshore power system (AOPS) in a collaborative joint industry project cosponsored by the US Department of Energy.SLB OneSubsea will deliver an integrated subsea solution, including an electric actuation system and a wireless telemetry system, for the 18-month field test of C-Power’s SeaRAY AOPS.Field testing will be conducted at the PacWave South wave energy test site off the Oregon coast to advance

Snow & Company Delivers Hybrid Research Vessel Resilience to PNNL
Seattle shipbuilder Snow & Company announced it has delivered the newly built plug-in hybrid research vessel Resilience for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.The first and only hybrid vessel in the Department of Energy's (DOE) fleet, the 50-foot aluminum catamaran was designed by Incat Crowther with propulsion integration provided by Pacific Power. Hybrid propulsion is accomplished by joining twin Volvo Penta marine engines, and two Danfoss motor-generators. Power is stored using a Spear Trident battery system.The power and propulsion setup allows the vessel to operate in a zero-emission