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Title: Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Oceanography and the Subcommittee on Merchant Marine of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Ninety-Sixth Congress on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Oversight, June 21, September 20, 1979. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980, H. R. 6154, January 30, 31; February 27, 1980

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OSTI ID:6486705

Hearings were conducted to examine the potential sources of energy from the ocean, focusing first on OTEC. Witnesses were from government, industry, and academia, testifying that OTEC is the most promising and the most advanced of all ocean energy technologies. An additional session examined ocean biomass conversion. The text of H.R. 6154 is presented and testimony of witnesses at hearings on the bill is presented. (MCW)

OSTI ID:
6486705
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English