The Energy Policy Act of 2005, passed under former President George Bush gives oversight of ocean energy technologies to the Federal government. Projects in Hawaii that could come under federal oversight include wave energy projects and the proposed interisland cable system. Hawaiian Electric Co. is currently working on putting in place energy projects that can […]
OTEC Being Revived
After a successful 1979 demonstration project using Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (exploiting ocean temperature differences to generate firm power), dropping oil prices cause interest in OTEC to wane. OTEC is back with a demonstration project at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii at Keahole Point in Kona. Plans are to create a 5MW demonstration project […]