clean ocean power Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 09:41:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Oceanic Temperature Difference to Power 120 Hawaiian Homes in 2015 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/oceanic-temperature-difference-power-hawaii/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/oceanic-temperature-difference-power-hawaii/#respond Mon, 31 Aug 2015 09:41:00 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56415 A small power plant that can convert the temperature difference between deep ocean and surface ocean waters into electricity was unveiled in Hawaii last week, the first of its kind to be connected to the grid. Even though ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) has been researched for decades, it has not yet been demonstrated to be […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/oceanic-temperature-difference-power-hawaii/feed/ 0 56415 DOE Awards $17 Million in Funding to Advance Clean Ocean Power https://www.greenoptimistic.com/doe-awards-17-million-funding-advance-clean-ocean-power-20130902/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/doe-awards-17-million-funding-advance-clean-ocean-power-20130902/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2013 01:33:08 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=41285 The US Department of Energy (DOE) just announced the $16 million in funding for public/private partnerships in order to focus on untapped energy resource from waves, tides, and currents. The DOE funding will be spread out over 17 projects that focus on data collection in environmental surveys and improving efficiency in tidal and wave generators. […]

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