Doubts about plankton as a carbon sink
New Scientist (16 January 2002) reports from the recent Ocean Sciences meeting in Hawaii about new computer simulations which Jorge Sarmiento and colleagues from Princeton […]
Sea Solar Power 100 MW hybrid cycle OTEC plantship
The SSP 100 MW Plantship, which also produces 32 million gallons per day (120,000 m3) desalinated water, uses the same aluminum heat exchanger tube, vapor […]
Sea Solar Power 10 MW Hybrid Cycle shore based OTEC
This OTEC, representing the first and possibly smallest commercially viable design is currently undergoing component level validation in York, Pennsylvania, prior to first installation. Venture […]
Fresh water from the sea
Saga University presents a new paper: Technology of Seawater Desalination Using Natural Energy using OTEC technology for the The 3rd World Water Forum. I can […]
In the Pipeline
The January 2002 issue of NEHLA’s newsletter Pipeline is out. As usual, NEHLA Pipeline contains a whole host of insight into running a shorebased seawater […]
Grow shell fish within the shell of a boat
Wired News reports on an Abalone farming project in Australia. The idea being that it is easier to keep the required stable enclosed ocean environment […]
Using cold seawater to grow vegetables and produce fresh water
New Scientist January 2002 issue has a very good article on The Seawater Greenhouse, developed by Charlie Paton. In short it can be described as […]
Is New York in line for a wakeup call for the US?
Vivien Gornitz of the Columbia University warns in Global Planetary Change that New York may experience severe flooding of rail, subway and road tunnels in […]
Commercial linkup with NELHA
Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority is soliciting for proposals for “Commercial proposals for development to support ocean-related activities at NELHA”. The document can be […]
More carbon under the rug
Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory show how artificially created calcium bicarbonate, using limestone, can be used to lock up carbon in the ocean. This […]