IOES Receives Prime Minister’s Commendation for work on Ocean Energy
On March 1, 2023, The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan announced the 15th Prime Minister’s Commendation for Special Achievement in Promoting Japan […]
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ADB High Level Investor Forum features OTEC
The Asian Development Bank’s Marine Aquaculture, Reefs, Renewable Energy, and Ecotoursim for Ecosystem Services (MARES) program culminated in a High Level Investor Forum, which took […]
[Press Release] €3.5m grant awarded to design a tropical storm-proof OTEC system
Experts from industry and research institutions have launched ‘PLOTEC’, a consortium that aims to design an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) system capable of surviving […]
[Publication] Using Sea Water of Heating, Cooling, and Power Production
The International Energy Agency’s Technology Collaboration Programme on Ocean Energy Systems (IEA-OES) has published today six interviews which give a flavour of successful projects in […]
[Press Release] NEDO adopts FS for OTEC in Mauritius
Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) announced in a press release that the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization of Japan (NEDO) has adopted a feasibility […]
[Press Release] Global OTEC Signs Agreement towards PPA for OTEC in SIDS
On the sidelines of the 2022 UN Oceans Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, Global OTEC signed a Memorandum of Understanding towards developing a PPA for development […]
Japan Development of Aquaculture Technology for Advanced Use of Post-OTEC Ocean Water
A new academic paper was recently published by Saga University in Japan. It looks into the production of Ulva prolifera, commonly known as “sea lettuce” […]
MOL Embarks on Practical Application of OTEC
The Japan Economic Newspaper (Nihon Keizai Shinbun) reports that MOL (Mitsui O.S.K. Lines) is embarking on the practical application of OTEC in Japan. They are […]
[Event] 12th Hawai’i Okinawa Clean Energy Workshop
The Hawai’i Okinawa Clean Energy Workshops are an annual event under the Hawai’i Okinawa Clean Energy Partnership. Takes place 2/15-24/2022.
[Event] Oceans 2022 Call for Papers
The submission deadline for abstracts to Oceans22 has been extended to September 6, 2021.