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Seawater air-conditioning in Curaçao
Evelop is building a seawater air-conditioning system in Curaçao. I visited Evelop Caribbean and talked to the Business Director of Evelop Caribbean, Gilbert Gouverneur about the project. The project is worth €15-20 million and could decrease the energy use for air-conditioning by 90%.

Labels: oceanengineering, swac

posted by bjelkeman at 09:50

Marshall islands sees OTEC as way out of emergency
Yokwe Online reports that the Marshall islands president has declared an economic state of emergency, due to energy prices. One part of the declaration looks at the long term and states that OTEC should be investigated as renewable energy source, the only alternative other than conservation mentioned by name.

Labels: otec

posted by bjelkeman at 10:22

OTEC and CO₂ sequestration
Christopher Barry, has an article on OTEC and CO₂ sequestration at RenewableEnergyWorld.com. This article also discusses the subject of dissolved CO₂ in the deep water which is being brought up by an OTEC system.

We have a paper from 1989, Carbon dioxide release from OTEC cycles, by Herbert J. Green and Peter R. Guenther that discusses this issue, in the OTEC Library.

Labels: co2, otec

posted by bjelkeman at 09:10

Xenesys progress
Xenesys, the Japanese OTEC company, is being very active in general. I would recommend that you visit their frequently updated English language website.

Labels: otec

posted by bjelkeman at 09:08

Sea Solar Power negotiating for contract on Virgin Islands
According to the Virgin Island's Daily News, the OTEC company Sea Solar Power is one of six organisations out of original fourteen that are negotiating to provide power to the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA). Within three to five months, the Executive Director of WAPA, Hugo Hodge Jr, estimated they should have completed contracts with at least two of the companies to begin the process of alternative power generation in the territory.

The other contenders offer waste incineration, coal, geothermal, solar and wind. WAPA expects to sign 20-year agreements for alternative energy production in the territory. (Although one wonders how coal power slipped in under that label.) posted by bjelkeman at 08:48