OTEC News

The OTEC Liaison The newsletter The OTEC Liaison was published from 1977 to 1983. Although old, these contain a lot of useful OTEC information. Richard Meyer of The Ocean Energy Council kindly donated a set of issues for us to add to the OTEC Library’s new section The OTEC Liaison. It will take some . . . → Read More:

Land-based oceanic industry on MauritiusDr. Suddhoo, the Executive Director of the Mauritius Research Council tells us about the proposal to set up a Land-based Oceanic Industry (LBOI), based on the success of NELHA on Hawaii. The vision is to use deep-sea water in a variety of applications, including facilities cooling, desalination of bottled water, . . . → Read More:

OEC web siteThe Ocean Energy Council has updated their web site to have a lot more information available on it. The site among other things contains a resource library with regards to ocean energy, a calendar of events and news stories.

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Sea Solar Power building an OTEC on Grand CaymanAccording to CaymanianCompass, the Caribbean Utilities Company together with Sea Solar Power is going to build an OTEC prototype plant [cached]. According to the article the power plant will produce fresh potable water as well, which most likely means a hybrid OTEC will be used. They . . . → Read More:

OTEC for Mauritius?According to Business in Africa Online [cached], the Mauritius government is investigating OTEC and windpower as potential future energy sources. “Mauritius, being quite exposed to windy conditions, is exploring possibilities for wind energy exploitation,” says a government briefing. “The country is also envisaging the use of ocean thermal energy conversion is geographically . . . → Read More: