Plumbing the oceans could bring limitless clean energy - tech - 19 November 2008 - New Scientist
An interesting one this... generating electricity by exploiting the difference in temperature between seawater near the surface and deep down.
Whilst its not a new idea, it seems that this technology has fallen in and out of favour over 120 years. Successful pilot projects have been tried a number of occasions since the late 70's, none of which seem to get very far. With the current economic climate heading the way it is, here is yet another way in which we get clean energy from the planet.
With a company like Lockheed Martin behind it you'd think that this might actually get somewhere... watch this space.
p.s. gotta love new scientist... the comment threads are all so civil and intelligent. makes a change from the standard YouTube fare.
An interesting one this... generating electricity by exploiting the difference in temperature between seawater near the surface and deep down.
Whilst its not a new idea, it seems that this technology has fallen in and out of favour over 120 years. Successful pilot projects have been tried a number of occasions since the late 70's, none of which seem to get very far. With the current economic climate heading the way it is, here is yet another way in which we get clean energy from the planet.
With a company like Lockheed Martin behind it you'd think that this might actually get somewhere... watch this space.
p.s. gotta love new scientist... the comment threads are all so civil and intelligent. makes a change from the standard YouTube fare.
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