Category: Ocean Thermal

Last evening, I had a couple of beers with one of my favorite clients, who happens to be involved in ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC), one of the cutting-edge renewable energy technologies.  Insofar as OTEC delivers baseload (uninterrupted, 24/7) power, …

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The people at the Hedge Connection in New York City have asked me to make a monthly contribution to their newsletter “The Edge” (a clever name, IMO). Here’s this month’s installment, in which I write about Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation …

“Hedge Connection” Covers Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Read More »

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Here’s a video made by a PhD student at MIT that illustrates how rapidly energy-related technology is evolving, and how this will effect a migration to renewables far faster than most people believe to be possible.

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Chris Barry is definitely on my “visit list” for my next trip back to the East Coast. Chris is a Senior Naval Architect at the United States Coast Guard Surface Forces Logistics Center, and says that after “forty years of …

Chris Barry, OTEC, and Carbon Sequestration Read More »

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I spoke with the author of this piece on OTEC and carbon sequestration for almost an hour the other night.  But, though OTEC does indeed have the potential to aid in sequestering CO2, this is not really straightforward. The hot layer …

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For me, part of the joy of business travel that involves long car rides is the opportunity to listen to amazing radio broadcasts that I otherwise would have missed. Last week found me renting a car in Lancaster, PA (home …

OTEC, Powering Civilization from Our Sun, and Questions About Human Consciousness Read More »

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Have you ever wondered about the age-old nature-nurture discussion? What are the forces that determine the way we think and act? My colleague Jim Greenberg, chief sustainability officer at OTECorporation told me during a recent meeting at his office about …

OTEC, Sustainability, and Brain Chemistry Read More »

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2014 will be a year that I help my friends at Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (OTECorp) expand their web presence, chiefly by popularizing their sister site, EmpowerTheOcean.com.  My main strategy is video, brought along by social media.  Everyone loves video — …

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion – Telling the OTEC Story Read More »

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I’m learning a great deal about social media by helping my fellow investors in Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation to construct their cool new website EmpowerTheOcean.com, and to build traffic/search engine optimization for it.   It’s been instructive coming up to speed …

Ocean Thermal Energy Corp. – Great Mission, Huge Potential Read More »

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I’m working with a young writer who aspires to publish content on OTEC (ocean thermal energy conversion) on a number of different high-profile sites, so as to educate as many people as possible on the subject, and to drive traffic …

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