Desalination OTEC pilot plant in Chennai?
The Indian government refers to what appears to be an OTEC powered desalination plant in a year end review press release [cached]. Specifically it says: […]
Indian Ocean
Xenesys goes to Bahrain
Xenesys goes to the “Water Middle East: International Exhibition and Conference for Water Technology” in Bahrain and presents their OTEC and desalination system.
Xenesys – The future vision
Xenesys has a nice new little “vision piece” which ends with talking about the potential for the Indian plans. “India has almost completed construction of […]
More detail about the NIOT OTEC
According to Platts Renewable Energy Report (Issue 51, May 2003) the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) 1 MW OTEC, which they built together with […]
NIOT OTEC operational
According to Xenesys’ news page, quoting Nishi Nippon Shinbun (news paper) on 27 March, the NIOT OTEC plant has gone operational. They say “The NIOT […]
NIOT Annual Report
The Indian National Institute of Ocean Technology has released an “Annual report” for the period 2001-2002. In the report we can find a very interesting […]
Japanese OTEC makers now online
Xenesys, the company which has engineered a significant part of the NIOT OTEC plant, has recently made their website available online.
Biofouling prevention causes heavy deposit problems
NIOT of India are apparently experiencing heavy deposit problems in the (cold?) water pipe based on the biofouling prevention they are using, NaOcl Sodium Hypocholorite. […]
Indian ocean islands interested in OTEC
According to an article from last year in the Indian publication Business Line, Dr. Harsh K. Gupta, The Secretary, Union Department of Ocean Development (DoD), […]
A good or a bad solution to water shortage?
Wire magazine has an article on a new manual irrigation pump made by Nairobi-based nonprofit company Appropriate Technologies for Enterprise Creation (Approtec). Wired says “As […]