Africa: Tropical Islands Poised to Benefit From Ocean Power

10 April 2014

Island nations in the developing world are especially well placed to benefit from technology that exploits a new potential source of energy from sea water: ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC), experts have said.

The technology uses sea water from the ocean depths to generate electricity, and various pilot projects are already under way in the developing world.

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