The global push to protect the environment and cut carbon emissions has opened a host of ocean-based commercial opportunities — from seaweed farming to wind and water turbine energy production — that can be rewarding, but challenging to execute, said speakers at a Tuesday session of the ARPA-E Energy Innovation...

The success of the drive by five New England states to decarbonize their economies may ultimately depend on the development of massive offshore wind farms only now being developed, says a nationally recognized Maine-based renewable energy expert. "New England states are rapidly decarbonizing their electricity grids. Every state in New...