Environmental Development Plan (EDP): Ocean thermal energy conversion, 1977

Technical Report · Wed Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:7012982

This Environmental Development Plan (EDP) for the Energy Research and Development Administration's (ERDA) Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Program briefly describes the present status and goals of the program and identifies potential environmental, health, safety, and socioeconomic impacts relevant to OTEC. These impacts are screened for ''key issues,'' i.e., those which are considered to be most serious in nature, which have near-term importance to the program, and for which current knowledge of effects and control strategies is inadequate. A management plan then is presented for conducting and coordinating environmental research in concert with the technology development effort. This will ensure that identified environmental issues are resolved prior to significant public utilization of OTEC systems. The nine key issues associated with OTEC deployment are: ocean water mixing; metallic discharges; impingement/entrainment; use of biocides; working fluid leaks; climatological impacts; worker safety; international law; and secondary impacts.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7012982
• Report Number(s): DOE/EDP-0006
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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