Translation of "Renouvellement des fonds océaniques " (French → English) :

There is a need to invest in new renewable technologies, such as ocean energy and concentrated solar power and 2nd and 3rd generation biofuels.

Mr. Ojoleck: Allowing sea floor exploration by seismic testing, test well drilling, pipeline activities or deep sea trawling in areas known to contain viable chemical weapons may represent concerns of national and global security.

Considers that the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund can contribute to meeting the targets under Directive 2009/28/EC and the 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy, as well as funding research and innovation in connection with renewable energy generation, while supporting job creation and economic growth; underlines the importance of thematic concentration within cohesion policy, since this should contribute to channelling investment towards the low-carbon economy, including renewable energies, especially in the light of the prominent role of the thematic objective ‘Supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors’; calls on the Member States to increase their efforts and make best ...[+++] use of the funding opportunities existing for this purpose, while underlining the opportunities for local business development and job creation; recalls the common provisions in the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund supporting the eligibility of projects related to energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources in private households, public buildings and enterprises, and believes that regional renewable energy market integration, which could be achieved through such funding, would represent an important contribution of cohesion policy in this respect.

Aligned with the strategic goals of both ArcticNet and the network of centres of excellence, BP executed a collaboration agreement in April 2010 with ArcticNet and Université Laval, which included the following scope of research activities: retrieval and redeployment of eight subsurface oceanographic moorings deployed in 2009 by ArcticNet to collect metocean and ice data; biological sampling at eight biophysical stations to determine baseline contaminant levels and biological productivity; deployment and retrieval of 12 bottom-anchored hydrophones used to detect and track vocalizations of whale species of concern; deployment of a remo ...[+++]tely-operated vehicle for a visual survey of the ocean floor; deployment and retrieval of a moored metocean surface buoy for the duration of the 2010 field program; ice thickness and roughness surveys, using the helicopter-mounted electromagnetic induction system; deployment of ice drift satellite beacons on large multi-year ice flows; collection of 42 piston core samples to determine physical soil characteristics; and ocean-bottom mapping.

Mr. David Monahan: No, article 76 of the treaty gives the coastal state the sea floor, the mineral rights underneath it, and the species that live in contact with the sea floor, but it does not include the water column.

When we inject gas into the disposal well, we have our sub-sea Christmas tree of valves on the ocean floor that are remotely controlled from surface and are able to be controlled from the seabed.