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'A startup intends to bring one vision of a French physicist to life in its
quest to assist countries more vulnerable to the effects of rising global
temperatures. The "Dominique" project received approval in June to leverage
140-year-old ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) technology to make
sustainable energy a reality for São Tomé and Príncipe, an island country off
the coast of western Africa, as
Interesting Engineering detailed in a
February exploration of the attempts to revive the tech.
"Although OTEC is not a new technology, it has been forgotten in the renewable
energy mix over the years," Dan Grech, the founder and CEO of Global OTEC — the
England-based company that will be installing the technology — told Interesting
Engineering.
While wind and solar power are viable options for many regions, the outlet
noted that "isolation and limited land area" make implementing a clean-energy
grid a unique challenge on many islands.
To solve this, the Dominique project has commissioned a floating unit that
generates electricity with ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC), an idea
rooted in the musings of Jacques Arsene d'Arsonval back in 1881.
The overall project is expected to have a capacity of 10 megawatts, according
to reporting by
Interesting Engineering. This would eliminate the
planet-warming pollution that would otherwise be created by the burning of more
than 138,000 barrels of oil each year, as well as the need for expensive
dirty-energy imports.'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
