First commercial-scale ocean thermal energy generator slated for 2025

Photo caption: Global OTEC’s clean energy barge, Dominique, harvests power from the temperature differential between deep water and surface water. Photo credit: Global OTEC. Article by Loz Blain. New Atlas – November 14, 2023. Source: Global OTEC.

In an average day, tropical oceans absorb about 278 petawatt-hours of solar energy. Harvesting just 1/4000th of that energy would supply the entire world’s daily electricity – and ocean thermal energy conversion provides a possible method. Harvesting energy from the temperature differential between the warm surface and the cold deep ocean is certainly not a new idea […]

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