San Diego Maritime Alliance

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Promoting Blue Tech & Blue Jobs

The Maritime Alliance is the cluster organizer for the San diego maritime technology community and fosters maritime business and technology innovation through collaboration around the U.S. and the world.

Contact Name:

Michael Jones

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+1.619.450.4600

Email:

mbjones@themaritimealliance.org

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Executive Director

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2877 Historic Decatur Rd., Suite 300

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San Diego

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CA

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92106

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United States

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Current Events

Animated map: U.S. drought in 2012

Submitted by ward on Mon, 08/27/2012 - 7:33pm

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Drought conditions have been at record levels in the contiguous United States for much of July, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center, which began monitoring drought conditions in 1999. The animated map below shows the spread of drought conditions since January 2012.

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http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/07/us/drought/index.html

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United States

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National

Infographic On The Energy-Water Collision: How Hot, Dry Summers Impact Water and Power Generation

Submitted by ward on Mon, 08/20/2012 - 11:24am

Author:

Max Frankel

Infographic On The Energy-Water Collision: How Hot, Dry Summers Impact Water and

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Every year, the United States consumes more than 3 trillion KWh of electricity. This power is generated by coal-fired power plants, nuclear plants, solar panels, hydroelectric damns, wind turbines, geothermal wells, and other sources and it requires water to produce.

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National

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United States

The Open PV Project: The real-time status of the solar photovoltaic market in the U.S.

Submitted by ward on Mon, 08/20/2012 - 11:21am

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https://openpv.nrel.gov/index

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United States

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Reservoir Construction is slowing is U.S

Submitted by yufang1104 on Fri, 08/17/2012 - 11:02am

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www.wikipedia.com

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Reservoir Construction is slowing is U.S

You need lots of water and a lot of land where you can build a dam and reservoir, which all takes a LOT of money, time, and construction. The trend for the future will probably be to build small-scale hydro plants that can generate electricity for a single community.