This week, we discuss the proposed 7.9 billion dollars that are needed for port infrastructure improvements to accommodate the surge in offshore wind in Europe, Australia's booming wind power and renewable output, a huge Australian hydrogen and ammonia plant proposal, Mocean Blue X wave energy technology and more.

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Australian Power Output Surgers; Mocean Wave Energy & Port Infrastructure

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I'm Dan Blewett. And this is the uptimepodcast where we talk about wind energy

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First, we'll talk a little bitabout port infrastructure. Over in Europe.

It looks like about seven point nine

billion dollars is the estimateof some upgrades that might be needed

just to handle some of

the increased volume of,you know, shipping from offshore wind.

We'll talk about spiral welded towertechnology, which could be a major player

as far as, you know, construction on sitewithout having to ship

these really long towers.

We'll talk about the emotion borlooX wave energy prototype,

which is now off the Orkney Islandsin testing phase.

And the U.S. is actually investing in thatto see if we can get

some of this wave power upand running on the West Coast.

And lastly, we will talk about Australiabreaking an output,

a record with five thousand eighthundred ninety nine megawatts.

And some of the while,the plans for this very big energy hub

in the southwest side of Australiato potentially create green hydrogen and

other fuels for use in heavy industries,power stations, shipping and more.