Expect our future electricity to be supplied by a diverse energy sources. Especially that an additional renewable energy sources is being proposed and soon to be operational by year 2018. This kind of renewable energy is known as the Ocean Energy Thermal Conversion or OTEC.
OTEC is an energy technology that converts solar radiation to electric power. OTEC systems use the ocean's natural thermal gradient—the fact that the ocean's layers of water have different temperatures—to drive a power-producing cycle. As long as the temperature between the warm surface water and the cold deep water differs by about 20°C (36°F), an OTEC system can produce a significant amount of power.
Data from the National Renewable Energy Plan book showed that the first project to go into operation will be the 10-megawatt Cabangan ocean energy thermal conversion (Otec) project in Zambales, Philippines.
The Cabangan project is one of 20 indicative power projects, which are expected to require a combined P11 billion in investments.
“While the country is endowed with vast ocean resource potential, there have been very limited activities in this sector. This is primarily because of the high investment cost for its exploitation,” according to the Philippines' Department of Energy
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A study conducted by the Mindanao State University indicated that the country, being an archipelago, has a theoretical capacity of 170,000 megawatts over a 1,000 square kilometer ocean resource area.
Source: inquirer.net
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