Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion plant

[PunaMauka2]

I seem to recall first hearing about this concept as a student back at UHH. I believe it was in an Environmental Science class. I seem to remember that at the time the process wasn't quite efficient enough to be feasible.

I find this very exciting. Clean and simple concept. With the ocean essentially acting as one big mega-huge solar battery, an indefinitely reliable and relatively unchanging source of energy which I assume would likely be available to harness from all our islands.