Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) is the oldest renewable energy technology you’ve never heard of. The idea for the technology, which exploits the differing temperatures in different layers ...

Known as ocean thermal energy conversion or ‘OTEC,’ the technology was first invented in 1881 by French physicist Jacques Arsene d’Arsonval.

Called ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC), the idea is to use surface water warmed by the sun to heat a fluid such as ammonia or water, which then spins a turbine as it evaporates, just like a ...

He was responding to a question from nominated assemblyman Yong Teck Lee on the progress or development of Otec after the assembly passed the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Enactment 2024 in April.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah hopes to adopt Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) in waters off Tawau as a source of renewable energy, says Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor. He said harnessing ocean thermal energy ...