Sustainability

The latest news on one of the industry's hottest topics: improving the sustainability of boating through more eco-friendly products, by reducing the impact of manufacturing, encouraging more recycling, and preserving the natural resources recreational boating depends on.

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Sustainability

Barcelona to host two key events to advance sustainable boating

The Sustainable Boating Awards Gala and the 3rd Barcelona Electric Marine Show will be held at Port Olímpic this April

‘Octopus acid’ helps solar panels self-heal

South Korean researchers have used a naturally occurring antioxidant molecule found in octopus to help perovskite solar panels create a self-regenerating shield

Tidal generators ‘don’t hurt wildlife’

A study in the USA using underwater cameras has discovered that the blades of small tidal turbines pose no threat to marine wildlife

Consortium has plans for nuclear shipping

A UK-led maritime consortium has been established to develop a pathway for the safe building, operation and decommissioning of nuclear-powered shipping

Maritime Energy Transition Summit 2026

DNV will be hosting a free virtual event on 5 February to explore the options available for the decarbonisation of marine transport

Mapping the world’s seabed by 2030

The UK’s Plymouth University has joined Seabed 2030, a project with a mission to chart every square metre of the world’s subsea surface

Honda achieves CarbonNeutral building certification at US sales headquarters

Certification of California campus marks important milestone toward overall sustainability efforts

Vertical solar array promises increased revenue

Rather than tracking the sunshine, a new vertically mounted solar panel simply reflects the solar radiation back to itself from virtually every possible angle

Limiting solar panel damage

With over US$27bn worth of damage from extreme weather events in the US last year, researchers are exploring counter measures to protect solar installations

France to stage Nice Boating Tomorrow

The first edition of the show will highlight eco-responsible boating

Two major marine e-fuel projects planned

The decarbonisation of the maritime sector is being given a boost with two plants, one in Spain and another in Finland, being built purely to create e-fuels

Advances in perovskite flexible solar panels

The efficiency and reliability of a new generation of flexible solar cells has been increased by harnessing data-driven machine learning

€30 million wave energy project for UK

CorPower Ocean has been selected to lead a pan-European wave energy consortium to validate the technology in conditions required for large scale deployment.