OTEC articles

2007

OTEC articles for 2007

2006

OTEC articles for 2006

Report on the SSEE OTEC Workshop, Sustainable Townsville (PDF 192 kb)

Guy Lane reports from an OTEC workshop in Townsville, Australia. 29 September, 2005.

Danish researchers invent hydrogen storage technology, Press release, 5 September 2005 (PDF 248 kb)

Scientists at the Technical University of Denmark have invented a technology which may be an important step towards the hydrogen economy: a hydrogen tablet that effectively stores hydrogen in an inexpensive and safe material.

Let's tap the power of the sea for our electricity, 28 August 2005, Taipei Times (PDF 68 kb)

Liang Nai-kuang, professor in the Institute of Oceanography at National Taiwan University argues for OTEC use in Taipei Times (2 pages).

NELHA opens new deep sea pipeline, 26 August 2005, Pacific Business News (PDF 128 kb)

NELHA has opened the new 55-inch pipeline which pumps water from 3000 feet (914 meters) reports Pacific Business News. According to the article will the majority of the capacity of the new pipeline primarily be used by the deep sea water bottlers and aquaculture businesses (1 page).

Philippine OTEC potential, 18 August 2005, PIA News Releases (PDF 96 kb)

The Philippine Department of Energy, with the help of Japanese scientists, have identified 16 potential locations for OTEC power plants in the Philippines (2 pages).

Saga University wins price for OTEC, 10 August 2005, Earthvision (PDF 76 kb)

According to Earthvision the Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition has selected Saga University's OTEC efforts as one of the 100 price winners for global technologies that "contribute significantly to the resolution of global environmental issues and to the creation of a sustainable future for humankind and the Earth."

Tokyo governor lands on islands at center of dispute with PRC, 21 May 2005, Taiwain News Online (PDF 508 kb)

Waving a Japanese rising sun flag, Tokyo's outspoken nationalist governor landed on a pair of Pacific islets at the center of a dispute with China yesterday, in a trip likely to aggravate already tense relations between the two nations. "We should think about ways to more actively use this territory for fishing as an economic activity," Ishihara told national broadcaster NHK, after snorkeling around the islet. He also said officials were considering plans to build an ocean thermal energy conversion facility - which would convert the heat naturally stored in seawater into energy - on top of the islet's reef.

Xenesys exhibited their OTEC system at SIDS 2005 in Mauritius (PDF 2.2 Mb)

(the United Nations conference for Small Island Developing States) held on January 10-14, 2005. Professor Haruo Uehara of the Institute of Ocean Energy, Saga University (and former president of the university) was invited to attend by the government of Mauritius.

Water sucked from ocean deep cherished for goodness, purity, 16 February 2005, Taiwan Journal (government) (PDF 73 kb)

A mid-January meeting of the Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) adopted a set of guidelines and set up a special task force aimed at promoting research and development (R&D) in a rather incredible new category of economic activity: deep-sea water industries.

Consider the ocean as energy source, urges UWI prof, 4 February 2005, The Jamaica Observer (PDF 656 kb)

Professor Al Binger, director of Truth runway show in the University of the West Indies Centre for Environment and Development (UWICED) is urging the government to consider the sea as an alternative source of energy, using Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) systems.

UWI professor doubts viability of natural gas - 3 February 2005, Jamaica Gleaner (PDF 293 kb)

WHILE THE Jamaican Government presses ahead with its plans to set up a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal with its CARICOM partner, Trinidad and Tobago, Professor Al Binger of the University of the West Indies (UWI) is casting doubts on the viability of the project.The director of the University of the West Indies Centre for Environment and Development (UWICED) is suggesting that the Government should instead explore another option, the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC), which is a technology used to generate electricity from different ocean temperatures.

APEC Expert Group on New & Renewable Energy Technologies, minutes of meeting (PDF 160 kb)

Extract: Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Project. The purpose of this project is to monitor and assess the design, operation and performance of an ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) project proposed for implementation in an APEC-member economy.

Press release: Year end review, Indian Ministry of Science & Technology and Ocean Development (PDF 156 kb)

OTEC related: Mitigating drinking water problem. Islands and coastal rural areas lack sources of fresh water and often times have limited sources of power. One solution devised indigenously is to desalinate water by using the temperature difference between the surface and deep sea-layers. A 5000 litres per day low thermal desalination plant was inaugurated at chennai in June 2004 . A 100,000 litres per day low thermal desalination plant is under installation at Kavarati. Deployment of barge mounted desalination plants is also being considered.

OSTI newsletter, July 2004 (PDF 1 Mb)

Includes among other things: Deep Ocean Water, A natural resource. Ocean Science and Technology for Islands, National Institute of Ocean Technology Chennai - 601 302 India

Island has much untapped potential - 11 October 2004, The Barbados Advocate (PDF, 472 kb)

Mark Thornbloom, a senior research engineer with the Florida Solar Energy Center said Barbados has the potential to produce electricity via alternative energy applications such as photovoltaics, solar thermal energy, biomass and Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC).

Sea Solar Power proposes OTEC for Barbados - The Barbados Advocate, 18 October 2004 (PDF, 368 kb)

Sea Solar Power has told the The Barbados Advocate that they will be approaching the Barbados government with a proposal to build one or more OTEC plants on the island. Robert Nicholson, president of Sea Solar Power International, said they intended to build own and operate the plant, which he estimated could cost around $120 million. We will build and own and operate. We will invest. We will build the plant and own it so Barbados doesn't have to put up any money.

Press release: Ocean Energy: Potential to Become Mainstream Energy Source - 12 October 2004, Yahoo Financial News (PDF, 112 kb)

PRESS RELEASE - Research and Markets - Ocean energy is already being harnessed on a small scale and four technologies are being explored to develop the large potential of this energy source. OTEC/Dowa (ocean thermal energy conversion) exploits the differences in temperature between surface water and deep water to generate base-load power. This is augmented with Deep Ocean Water Applications, which offer further opportunities, such as desalination and aquaculture, which can reduce the cost of power substantially.

Economy restructuring and peak oil - vheadline.com, 23 Sept. 2004 (PDF, 580 kb)

World oil demand is increasing at a probable new long term rate of about 2.8%-3.3% annual, close to two times the average annual rate during the long ‘cheap oil interval’ of 1986-99. At the present trend rate of demand growth we get to 88-90 million barrels/day (Mbd) as total world production capacity by 2007-2008. According to an increasing number of oil analysts and experts this may be an effective and absolute ceiling of world production capacity. Mentions OTEC. By Andrew McKillop (6 pages).

NELHA seeks new CEO - Pacific Business News (Honolulu), 16 September 2004 (PDF, 88 kb)

The board of birectors of Nelha, the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii,has begun a nationwide search for a new chief executive (1 page).

Pipline nourishes ocean tech park, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 3 January 2002 (PDF 265 kb)

Officials hope the new source or nutrient-rich sea water will attract tenants to the Big Isle (3 pages).

Oceans in the 21st century, Frontline (India), 7 November 2003 (PDF 400 kb)

The National Institute of Ocean Technology in Chennai has made a successful bid to develop technologies to exploit ocean resources(6 pages).

1980-1989

OTEC articles for the period 1980-1989.