Curtas do Bryant´s

EPA & USCG – emissions agreement with Carnival

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a news release stating that it and the US Coast Guard have reached an agreement in principle with Carnival Corporation to develop advanced air emission control technology to be used on up to 32 ships over the next three years in the North American and US Caribbean Emissions Control Areas (ECAs). This technology will combine use of sulfur oxide (SOx) scrubbers and diesel particulate filters, not presently used utilized on ships. (9/5/13).

Offshore Virginia – wind energy development

The Department of the Interior (DOI) issued a press release stating that the nation's second competitive lease sale for offshore wind energy development has been completed. Virginia Electric and Power Company submitted the high bid of $1.6 million for rights to develop lands on the US outer continental shelf (OCS) approximately 23.5 nautical miles off Virginia Beach with the potential to support 2,000 megawatts of wind generated electrical energy, enough to power more than 700,000 homes. (9/4/13). Fonte: Dennis Bryant.