Honolulu SWAC
Honolulu Weekly has an article about the $240 million sea water air-conditioning system (SWAC) which is being built for Honolulu. “Groundbreaking is expected next summer […]
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US NOAA visits Hawaii to talk OTEC
Doug Carlson tells us about a visit by people from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Hawaii, where they learned more about […]
Workshop on OTEC readiness
In November 2009, NOAA’s Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM) as the lead licensing agency for OTEC, in cooperation with the Coastal Response Research […]
US Navy signs $8 million OTEC deal with Lockheed Martin
Slightly old news is that Lockheed Martin has penned a deal with the US Navy in September 2009 to “develop critical OTEC system components and […]
Coldwater pipe for Indian 1 MW OTEC barge ready
According to Silicon India the Indian Department of Ocean Development’s (DOD) OTEC project is ready to deploy a one kilometre deep cold water pipeline. The […]
Bill Gates want to use cold seawater to stop hurricanes
@hexayurt told me about a system which would use hot seawater to power a process to bring up cold seawater to the surface, and that […]
Jamaica Observer on OTEC and SWAC
An article in the Jamaica Observer talks about OTEC and Seawater Air Conditioning (SWAC) and specifically mentions SOS Caribe (Soluciones Sostenibles) as wanting to implement […]
Guam OTEC numbers missleading
According to people who are familiar with the subject (but wanted to remain anonymous) the $1.5 billion quoted as US Navy OTEC work for Guam […]
Guam News Factor on OTEC and the US Navy
A piece which investigates the potential relationship between the US Navy and the Guam civil society around shared resources, including fresh water production and power […]