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4-1980 8:00 AM

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This paper summarizes the background, current status and future plans, for the U. S. Department of Energy's Ocean Energy Program, which is directed toward making a significant contribution to National goals of energy independence. The paper will concentrate primarily upon Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC), and will also address alternate technologies including wave and current energy and salinity gradients. Principal issues to be addressed include the status of technical development, critical technical issues, resource potentials, economic perspectives and legal/institutional issues affecting the commercialization of Ocean Energy. The DOE Ocean Engineering Plan will be summarized, with emphasis on the 1 MW test platform to be deployed in June 1980 and the Pilot Plant program to be initiated in 1980.

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DOE Ocean Energy Program - An Overview

This paper summarizes the background, current status and future plans, for the U. S. Department of Energy's Ocean Energy Program, which is directed toward making a significant contribution to National goals of energy independence. The paper will concentrate primarily upon Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC), and will also address alternate technologies including wave and current energy and salinity gradients. Principal issues to be addressed include the status of technical development, critical technical issues, resource potentials, economic perspectives and legal/institutional issues affecting the commercialization of Ocean Energy. The DOE Ocean Engineering Plan will be summarized, with emphasis on the 1 MW test platform to be deployed in June 1980 and the Pilot Plant program to be initiated in 1980.

 

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