Hybrid ocean thermal energy conversion–Offshore solar pond
Paul Straatman and Wilfried van Sark, has written an interesting new article (abstract) in Solar Energy about a new type of hybrid ocean thermal energy […]
Other News
Energy Island in UK news
Energy Island, the brain child of Dominic Michaelis and his colleagues, was covered quite nicely both in The Guardian and The Telegraph last week. Dominic […]
The Versabouy floating platform system
Steve Khachaturian of Versabouy contacted me earlier about their new bouy floating platform system. They have some nice videos which show the system in action […]
New guidelines for Ocean Energy in Hawaii
RenewableEnergyAccess reports that a new set of guidelines regarding the importance of community involvement in new ocean energy development in Hawaii. The guidelines have been […]
The Economist about Seawater Greenhouse technology
The weekly news magazine The Economist has an article about how architects are borrowing design ideas from nature. It focuses on Michael Pawlyn, an architect […]
Position as Chemist at NELHA
NELHA has a position as a chemist to be “Responsible for the collection of samples, analysis and data recording of seawater, groundwater and freshwater.” The […]
Sarkozy mentions OTEC
David Levrat tells us that the French president-elect Sarkozy mentions OTEC in a recent interview with Mer et Marine. “La mer tropicale est également une […]
OTEC ships and international law
The International Energy Law & Taxation Review has an interesting paper about OTEC plant ships and international maritime law, I.E.L.T.R. 2006, 11/12, 259-268. The paper […]
Reverse Osmosis versus OTEC
Dominic Michaelis the co-designer of the Energy Island OTEC platform concept, together with Jerome Tomasi have written a paper which compares the costs of using […]
The Guardian writes about the Seawater Greenhouse
The UK newspaper the Guardian has an article about Giant wind turbines based on a seed, and desalination plant that mimics a beetle which mentions […]