The Potential Impacts of OTEC Intakes on Aquatic Organisms at an OTEC Site under Development on Kauai, HI
- Ocean Thermal Energy (OTE) Corporation, Manassas, VA (United States); OTE Corporation
- Alden Research Laboratory, Inc., Holden, MA (United States)
- Tenera Environmental, San Luis Obispo, CA (United States)
Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) is a marine renewable energy technology with the potential to contribute significantly to the baseload power needs of tropical island communities and remote U.S. military installations. As with other renewable energy technologies, however, there are potential challenges to its commercialization: technological, financial, social, and environmental. Given the large volumes of seawater required to drive the electricity-producing cycle, there is potential for the intakes to negatively impact the marine resources of the source waterbody through the impingement and entrainment of marine organisms.
- Research Organization:
- Ocean Thermal Energy (OTE) Corporation, Manassas, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Water Power Technologies Office; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Wind Energy Technologies Office
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0002653
- OSTI ID:
- 1092416
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-EE--0002653
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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