Environmental Assessment of OTEC in Hawaii
Christina Comfort, a MSc. student in Biological Oceanography from the University of Hawaii at Mānoa , worked with Luis Vega Ph.D. as a research assistant in […]
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
OTEC pilot plant to be built in Okinawa Prefecture
This month, Japanese engineering companies IHI Plant Construction Corporation, Xenesys Incorporated and Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced their collaboration in building a 50kW OTEC demonstration plant in the waters of Kumejima […]
Bluerise unveils OTEC Advanced Research Prototype
Bluerise recently officialy opened its OTEC Advanced Research and Demonstration Prototype at Delft University of Technology. By using a non-azeotropic working fluid, the prototype has a […]
Makai Ocean Engineering’s Heat Exchanger Test Facility opened
In July 2011 a new heat exchanger test facility has been opened at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii (NELHA), on the Big Island of […]
OTEC International LLC chosen for Hawaii OTEC Demonstration
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 […]
Feasibility study for an OTEC plant on Guam
The Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation has received a $50.000 grant, which will be used to conduct a feasibility study on the economic and technical aspects […]
1MW OTEC RFI from NELHA
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 […]
Curaçao Ecopark with SWAC and OTEC research
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 […]
OTEC for Marshall Islands
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 […]
French president talks OTEC for Reunion Island
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 […]