OTEC News

Le Club des Argonautes David Levrat tells us about the OTEC pages on the French web site of Le Club des Argonautes. The author is the Acting Chairman of IOA, Michel Gauthier.

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Overview of NIOT Philip Davies points us to an old magazine article [cached] in Frontline (India), which is a nice overview of the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) in India. Their OTEC effort figures prominently in the article.

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European fuel cell buss project Today I went to a presentation by the Stockholm consortium (page in Swedish) which are testing fuel cell busses for public transport in Stockholm. The consortium is part of the European project Clear Urban Partners for Transport (CUTE), which we have written about before. The meeting was well attended . . . → Read More:

IOA’s web site gets a new home The International OTEC/DOWA Association (IOA) has moved to a new web site with a new fresh design. The Acting Chairman of the IOA, Michel Gauthier, invites IOA members to “submit new articles, announcements and comments about OTEC and DOWA”. The IOA newsletters are of course still available . . . → Read More:

Sea Solar Power at APEC Energy Working Group? David Levrat points us to the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the APEC EWG, Port Douglas, Australia, 3-4 November, 2004 from the APEC Energy Working Group. The one section which is of particular interest for us is the Expert Group on New & Renewable Energy Technologies [cached] which . . . → Read More:

Desalination OTEC pilot plant in Chennai? The Indian government refers to what appears to be an OTEC powered desalination plant in a year end review press release [cached]. Specifically it says:

Mitigating drinking water problem Islands and coastal rural areas lack sources of fresh water and often times have limited sources of power. One . . . → Read More:

Deep ocean water – A natural resource Whilst travling for information I found a nice article in the July 2004 OSTI newsletter (Volume 2, Issue 5) [cached] (Ocean Science and Technology for Islands, NIOT, India) about deep ocean water resources, written by Mr. Saravanane. It lists OTEC, cold water agriculture, ice production, air conditioning . . . → Read More: