Aquaculture going mainstream
The Economist has a pretty measured article about aquaculture, its drawbacks and benefits. It is even a front page story this time. In China aquaculture […]
Pacific Ocean
Palau / Saga University project article in New York Times
The New York Times has an article (free registration required) on the OTEC project for Palau in the Pacific ocean. The article says that an […]
Titanium in OTEC condensers
Japanese Xenesys predicts that titanium will be the material of choice for OTEC condensers. They are estimating 124-180 tons required per 10 MW.
More Palau OTEC news
On Xenesys’ web site there is a short news item about the Palau OTEC collaboration agreement with Saga University. Interestingly they say “The plan is […]
IOA Winter newsletter
The International OTEC Association’s Winter 2002 Newsletter is out. The main piece is about George Claude’s Cuban OTEC Experiment in the 1930s. There is a […]
2002 – the year in review
OTEC – The most exciting work in OTEC probably goes on in India and on Hawaii. In India, the Sagar Shakti 1 MW OTEC barge […]
Non toxic fish for humans through mariculture
An interesting article in West Hawaii Today talks about growing kampachi (Mediterranean yellow tail fish) in tanks at NELHA. Prized as a sashimi fish, kampachi […]
OTEC based power for ocean nitrogen fertilisation
Engineering students from The University of Sydney have devised a scheme to produce reactive nitrogen for fertilization of the ocean from an OTEC plant. They […]
Pump station for NELHA
Slightly old news by now, but NELHA is soliciting bids for a pump station for the 55-inch pipeline which they recently got installed.
No Kyoto down-under
Australia stops the ratification of the Kyoto agreement, even though they have signed it, claiming it will costs jobs and damage their industry, despite that […]