What does OTEC stand for?

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

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Samples in periodicals archive:

based company the contract to develop ocean thermal energy conversion technology, which uses the temperature difference between warmer water at the ocean's surface and colder water below to produce renewable power, the company said.

United States: Lockheed Martin wins $8M renewable power contract

It is a modification of ocean thermal energy conversion technology, which is based on the temperature differences between deep and shallow sea-waters.

The Clean Fuels Project

But ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) still has to prove itself.

Sea power: no, not fleets of warships--this power comes from warm and ...

In addition, Cuban authorities say they've completed a project to develop ocean thermal energy conversion plants, taking advantage of year-round ocean temperatures of 28-30 degrees C.

Cuba again invites U.S. oil giants to invest in oil sector

These tsunami waves would have had little or no effect on floating offshore ocean wind energy farms (unless they were particularly close to shore), nor would they affect ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) power plants, or any other deep-sea energy solutions, because the tsunami waves are harmless in deep water.

Tsunamis and nuclear power plants

The most notorious of these, ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC), utilizes the temperature difference between warm surface and cold deep waters to run a turbine in closed or open cycles.

Competitors for coastal ocean space

4 million agricultural weather and fruit frost program, and $400,000 ocean thermal energy conversion licensing program.

Federal R&D spared from general axing

In Hawaii, Taiwan Industrial Technology has entered into collaboration with Lockheed Martin to develop a 10MW Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) pilot plant.

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