The Economist has a short piece on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) in the 7 Jan 2012 print edition, Science and technology section. It is a decent overview, but as usual with The Economist, it is very anglocentric in its coverage. There is nothing about the work the Japanese (research and commercial), the Indians, . . . → Read More: The Economist on OTEC
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The According to this press release, OTEC International LLC has been selected to build a 1 MW OTEC at NELHA, Hawaii. The RFI for this went out recently, with a very short deadline, so we were wondering if the choice wasn’t a given from the start. The main investor in OTEC International has also . . . → Read More: OTEC International LLC Chosen for Hawai’i OTEC Demonstration The Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA) has published an RFI seeking submissions from firms and or government agencies interested in developing a 1 megawatt Ocean Thermal Energy (OTEC) project at its 870 acre Hawaii Ocean Science and Technology (HOST Park) in Kailua-Kona on the Island of Hawaii. Interestingly enough, the RFI was . . . → Read More: 1MW OTEC RFI from NELHA The Curaçao Airport Holding company are working on a an “industrial park for high-tech production and research facilities with a sustainable character” called an Ecopark and have recently signed an MOU with a German company, Bricks International to develop a draft plan for the Ecopark. The concept was designed (PDF file) by a Dutch . . . → Read More: Curaçao Ecopark with SWAC and OTEC research Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation and Bahamas Electricity Corporation has according to Green Technology World, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop two OTEC plants in the Bahamas. The press release claims these will be the worlds first two commercially operational plants. Share this:FacebookShareStumbleUponRedditDiggPress ThisPrintEmail The Tribune reports on the National Energy Policy Committee’s second report, which talk about OTEC. “Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) processes also represent an exploitable renewable resource,” the Committee’s report said. “As the Bahama Banks are characterised by steep drop-offs, most of the major islands have a location where OTEC technology would be feasible. . . . → Read More: Bahamas would want OTEC I have in my hand, figuratively if not literally, a letter which shows that an OTEC development company has approached the government of the Marshall Islands and proposed a 10 MW OTEC plant which also will produce 2 million gallons/day water (which I presume is drinking water). The letter, issued in early January 2009, . . . → Read More: OTEC for Marshall Islands According to L’Agence Régionale de l’Energie Réunion (ARER), the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, in a recent visit to the Reunion Island, set out a plan to make Reunion carbondioxide neutral by 2030. “Accompanied by M. Boissier, the corporate executive of the first European military shipbuilder DCNS, the French President appointed Reunion Island as the . . . → Read More: French president talks OTEC for Reunion Island Doug Carlsson wonders if NOAA bureaucracy could be a major threat to OTEC implementation? He tells us the grapewine provides the following rumours: “NOAA is so gummed up with bureaucratic inertia due to the “shell shock” it feels over the enormity of ocean thermal energy conversion that it will demand five years of operating . . . → Read More: NOAA bureaucracy a threat to OTEC? Ares, a blog at Aviation Week, is saying that “Expansion is also planned into the renewable marine energy sector. An “incubator” will be set up in the Atlantic port of Brest to manage development of floating wind turbine, wave energy turbine, and ocean thermal energy converter demonstrators or prototypes and DCNS will take part . . . → Read More: French defence manufacturer working on OTEC? |
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