A New Approach to OTEC Resource Estimation: OGCM’s as a Modeling Tool
Various attempts have been made in the past to estimate the global ocean thermal energy potential with also a significant span in ranges. The last […]
Theoretical paper
Solar boosted OTEC
An interesting theoretical paper on solar boosted OTEC [PDF] systems by Noboru Yamada, Akira Hoshi and Yasuyuki Ikegami, the latter working at Institute of Ocean […]
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 […]
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 OTEC Liaison
The newsletter The OTEC Liaison was published from 1977 to 1983. Although old, these contain a lot of useful OTEC information. Richard Meyer of The […]
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 […]