ocean thermal energy conversion
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renewable energy technology
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- renewable energy
- Image
- OTEC in Hawaii.jpg
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- short name
- ETM
- facet of
- World Ocean
- time of discovery or invention
- 1881-00-00
- discoverer or inventor
- Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval
- Commons category
- Ocean thermal energy
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Encyclopedic overview
Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) is a renewable energy technology that harnesses the temperature difference between the warm surface waters of the ocean and the cold depths to run a heat engine to produce electricity. It is a unique form of clean energy generation that has the potential to provide a consistent and sustainable source of power. Although it has challenges to overcome, OTEC has the potential to provide a consistent and sustainable source of clean energy, particularly in tropical regions with access to deep ocean water.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ocean thermal energy conversion” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.