Chinese Developer To Build Ocean-Water Thermal Energy System 93
the_newsbeagle writes "When you've got a wacky high-tech idea that will cost a lot of money, head to China. Lockheed Martin is the latest company to heed this advice. For decades, Lockheed has investigated ocean thermal energy conversion, in which the temperature difference between warm surface water and cold deep water is leveraged to produce power. Just a few years ago, the company was working with the Navy and discussing a possible OTEC pilot project in Hawaii's Pearl Harbor. That idea has since been scrapped, and Lockheed is now partnering with a Chinese resort developer to build the 10-MW pilot plant off the coast of southern China. Lockheed hasn't disclosed the cost of building this plant, but outside experts say it might cost more than $300 million."
open power (Score:4, Funny)
The most commonly used heat cycle for OTEC is the Rankine cycle using a low-pressure turbine. Systems may be either closed-cycle or open-cycle.
-- wikipedia
considering the parties involved, it's obvious this is going to be a completely closed-cycle system. i'll wait until someone make and open-cycle version for Linux.
Re:Who here thinks this is a good idea? (Score:2, Funny)
Raise your hand if you think that equalizing the surface and deep ocean temperatures is a good thing to do for this planet?
Now use that hand to pull your head out of your arse. It's anti-science cocksuckers like you that infested Greenpeace and gave environmentalism a bad reputation, fuck off and join the religious nutters, you'll fit right in.