Comments on: Lockheed Martin Pioneers Ocean Energy in China https://www.isegoria.net/2013/08/lockheed-martin-pioneers-ocean-energy-in-china/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:34:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Scipio Americanus https://www.isegoria.net/2013/08/lockheed-martin-pioneers-ocean-energy-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-932440 Scipio Americanus Tue, 20 Aug 2013 12:33:40 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=32412#comment-932440 OTEC is a fun idea. I wonder if they’ve solved the problem with marine life sticking to the system at the bottom because it’s warmer than the surrounding sea-water. IIRC that was one of the biggest problems with the early OTEC systems.

Of course, I’m not sure who they’re trying to fool by putting the phrase “more competitive” in the same sentence they say that the full plant would cost 1 billion dollars for 100 MW of output. They built a 200 MW natural gas plant near my childhood home for a tiny fraction of that cost a few years ago. For a few billion you could have a gigawatt-output nuclear plant for that matter.

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