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Monday, December 14, 2009
 NOAA bureaucracy a threat to OTEC?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 data from even a pilot plant before giving OTEC its regulatory blessing. We would love to hear from anyone who can confirm or deny these fears. Friday, November 20, 2009
US NOAA visits Hawaii to talk OTECDoug Carlson tells us about a visit by people from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Hawaii, where they learned more about the OTEC efforts planned for the islands. The visitors will, according to Doug, be responsible for "issuing licenses and permits for OTEC plants and operations". "The NOAA team?s meetings in Hawaii ?have brought home how much our learning curve has to be based on what?s happening here in Hawaii,? Kehoe said, adding that he believes Hawaii will be the site for the first OTEC demonstration plant. That first plant therefore will be tailored to the issues that will emerge regarding OTEC here." " |
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