An artist’s impression of Global OTEC’s planned power system
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A 140-year-old idea of exploiting temperature differences between ocean layers is gaining new interest as a way to provide clean electricity for people living on islands.
Called ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC), the idea is to use surface water heated by the sun to heat a fluid like ammonia or water, which when evaporated like a steam-powered power plant turns a turbine. Is. Then there will be cold water from the deep layers of the ocean…
