OTEC feasability study for Antigua & BarbudaThe AntiguaSun reports that the environment division is in the process of preparing a memorandum of understanding with a US based organisation for an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) feasibility study [cache]. Once government approval is is given the study will be carried out over three months. They . . . → Read More:

Distilled water at NELHA, guaranteed HawaiianSeveral companies are betting that distilled water from NELHA is going to become big business. Pacific Business News reports that NELHA now has a service mark [cached] ’100 percent Hawaii Deep Seawater’ which producers can use against a royalty per gallon of water produced. There are now three companies . . . → Read More:

OTEC powerplant for Okinotorishima island gets closerAccording to The Yomiuri Shimbun, the island of Okinotorishima will be subject to a joint reserach project by the National Fisheries University, an independent administrative agency and Saga University to assess whether the island is suitable for an OTEC installation [cached]. The project is supposed to start the . . . → Read More: