The upcoming conference TOWARDS A HEALTHIER SEA: MARINE LITTER ISSUE will finalize two years of research and educational work of the project Esmic team. On December 13, 2022 scientists and specialists from other fields who assisted them, will present the results and share their insights about what steps would be necessary to reduce pollution and move faster on the path of sustainability and ecological awareness. Special attention will be paid to the problem of single-use plastic and other garbage.
The conference TOWARDS A HEALTHIER SEA: MARINE LITTER ISSUE will be held at Klaipėda University. Natural resources and their preservation are important both for the well-being of local residents of coastal cities and for tourism, so representatives of business, self-government, and public health are invited to actively participate in the event, as well as everyone who cares about the state of our sea and coastine.
Registration is already open: http://bit.ly/3GFxdN9
! Special message: during the event, the best business and public sector initiatives that contributed to reducing the use of single-use plastic implemented in Lithuania and Latvia will be awarded. You can submit nominations for the CONCIOUS CHOICE AWARDS until December 10, 2022 by email erika@kmtp.lt (please provide a 5-10 sentence desription, relevant link(s), photos/visualisations and contacts of the nominee).
Key aspects of the programme:
• Overview and results of the Esmic project
• Experiences of My Sea Campaign and other beach initiatives
• Researchers – about the problem of the accumulation of single-use plastic products and other garbage on beaches and in algae washed ashore
• Acquaintance with remote research methods, which make it possible to observe Baltic Sea algae blooms and accumulations using satellites and drones
• Attention to possible microbiological threats caused by algae accumulations
• Intersectoral dialogue on the possible solutions
• CONCIOUS CHOICE AWARDS
The detailed program will be announced soon. The language of the event is English.
The event is organized within the framework of the Interreg V-A Latvia-Lithuania Programme 2014-2020 project “ESMIC” (LLI-525 Estimation, monitoring and reduction of plastic pollutants in the Latvian-Lithuanian coastal area via innovative tools and awareness).
Project co-financing by European Regional Development Fund: 382 138,64 Eur.
ESMIC project partners: Klaipėda University, Klaipėda Science and Technology Park, Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Agency of Daugavpils University, Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) Latvia.
The global LNG and bio-LNG energy landscape is changing – on 29-30 November join the Liquid Energy Conference 2022 to discuss future solutions, policy, and technologies. Event will be streamed online from the HanseMesse, Zur HanseMesse 1-2, 18106 Rostock, Germany.
Nowadays the main activities of the LNG business focus on mega projects and big-scale LNG market and the comparatively diminutive market of micro- and nano-scale bio-LNG doesn’t get much attention. Even if there are many market players, this segment is generally not yet in the focus of the industry participants but taking into consideration the great potential of this market it should be.
The companies approaching the micro-bio-LNG market e.g., in off-grid application, should be prepared to act quickly to benefit from first-mover advantage and prepare a complex strategy underpinned by the appropriate capacities, which include relevant technology and partnerships across the bio-LNG chain. Additionally, the policy should define not only dedicated incentives but also adjust regulations that often create barriers for innovative (non-) technological solutions. Thus, to unlock this market, the change of paradigm in thinking about target groups (end-users), distribution channels and technical solutions is necessary.
New technical solutions are pivotal
A particular technical challenge associated with the energy transition is the storage and distribution of high energy volume, for example in the form of liquid biogas or natural gas (bio-LNG). This is a specific technological issue that the conference will address, creating a space for a discussion about broader and more universal use of liquefied gas bio-LNG in a micro / nano form (e.g. in a decentralised energy supply system) as an alternative fuel in the future. The conference will cover such aspects like inter alia energy storage, logistic chains, policy, and business models.
The conference
The conference features political, commercial, and technical speakers. They will lead the debate and convey their unique perspectives on the state of the LNG and bio-LNG industry, and ambitions for its evolution over the coming decades with the focus on micro- and nano-scale market.
The Liquid Energy project
The Liquid Energy project aims to encourage more widespread use of green technologies to reduce pollution in the Baltic Sea region. It is implemented by 8 partners and 21 associated organizations from Poland, Germany and Lithuania, as part of the Interreg South Baltic Cross-Border Cooperation Program 2014-2020.
