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NIOT OTEC operational
According to Xenesys' news page, quoting Nishi Nippon Shinbun (news paper) on 27 March, the NIOT OTEC plant has gone operational. They say "The NIOT project, which is an on-board application of OTEC power system, has just started its experimental power generation off Chennai coast."
posted by bjelkeman at 11:24

Palau / Saga University project article in New York Times
The New York Times has an article (free registration required) on the OTEC project for Palau in the Pacific ocean. The article says that an experimental OTEC costing US$ 7.5m is to be built, but financing is still being negotiated. Furthermore, according to the paper, Haruo Uehara, president of Saga University, did say that a delegation from Saudi Arabia was going to visit the university to review OTEC technology.
posted by bjelkeman at 11:17

Worlds first publicly available hydrogen station
Last month Shell open up the worlds first hydrogen station where anyone who has a hydrogen powered vehicle can come and fill up. The Reykjavik hydrogen station incorporates the machinery to produce hydrogen from water by electrolysis. All of Iceland's electricity is generated from hydroelectric and geothermal sources. The country's bus fleet is expected to start convert to fuel-cell-powered vehicles in a few months.
posted by bjelkeman at 13:24

New bathymetric chart of the oceans
The General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans is now available on two CD-ROMs. Customized seafloor maps of any area of the ocean floor can now be generated from the data which has a resolution of a one minute grid.

Reasonably priced, approx. Euro 350 (Euro 150 for academia), this should probably be part of the toolkit of anyone who works with OTEC.
posted by bjelkeman at 11:32