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11-24-2009, 03:40 PM
A joint project by students of the UNPHU in Santo Domingo with Venezuelan company Nova Oceanic Energy Systems is among the 26 winners of the Global Competition on Climate Adaptation, as reported in Diario Libre. The project won a US$200,000 grant for implementing the project over two years, and additional funding for a US$99,215 kickoff fund to test the proposal. The grants were awarded to projects presenting innovative solutions to climate adaptation.
The 2009 global competition is funded by the United Nations Global Environment Facility (GEF) and additional partners in the 2009 Development Marketplace. The students competed against 1,755 proposals from around the world.
Moises Alvarez, coordinator of the initiative in the DR and dean of the Science School at the UNPHU said the project, presented in Washington D.C., seeks to extract kinetic energy from waves and convert it to electricity. It also has side benefits in that it would serve as a breakwater, reducing coastal erosion and the effects of storms on the coast.
The researchers suggested that a pilot project could be implemented in Paraiso, in the southwestern province of Barahona.
For more information, see http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DEVMARKETPLACE/174515-1257552373887/... (http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DEVMARKETPLACE/174515-1257552373887/22392402/index.html%5d%5c)
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The 2009 global competition is funded by the United Nations Global Environment Facility (GEF) and additional partners in the 2009 Development Marketplace. The students competed against 1,755 proposals from around the world.
Moises Alvarez, coordinator of the initiative in the DR and dean of the Science School at the UNPHU said the project, presented in Washington D.C., seeks to extract kinetic energy from waves and convert it to electricity. It also has side benefits in that it would serve as a breakwater, reducing coastal erosion and the effects of storms on the coast.
The researchers suggested that a pilot project could be implemented in Paraiso, in the southwestern province of Barahona.
For more information, see http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DEVMARKETPLACE/174515-1257552373887/... (http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DEVMARKETPLACE/174515-1257552373887/22392402/index.html%5d%5c)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)