WOTEC Technology as the Potential Renewable Energy: Literature Study in East Nusa Tenggara

Prakasa, La Ode Rifaldi Nedan; Sholichah, Hiqmatus; Wikaningrum, Temmy

doi:10.1109/icsecc.2019.8907056

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“…On the other hand, OTEC systems have greater economic viability in tropical islands not connected to the mainland electricity grid, with potable water deficiencies and air conditioning needs, since these needs could be mitigated simultaneously by an OTEC system [7]. Some developing countries that are investigating the feasibility of OTEC technology are Colombia [14], Indonesia [15][16][17], Panama [18] and Pakistan [7], among others.…”

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Economic Viability Analysis for an OTEC Power Plant at San Andrés Island

Herrera

Sierra

Hernández-Hamón³

et al. 2022

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This paper presents the economic feasibility analysis of a 2 MW Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) power plant in the open cycle. The plant can supply 6.35% of the average annual consumption of the electricity demand located at San Andrés Island (Colombia). On the one hand, the work presents the selection of the place to locate an offshore facility considering the technical viability while, on the other hand, the economic viability analysis is performed. The latter considers two scenarios: one without desalinated water production and another one with desalinated water. In this way, it is intended to first determine its construction’s technical requirements to analyse its economic performance. This approach allows us to have a general idea of the implementation costs and the benefits obtained with this type of plant, for the particular case of San Andrés, an island in the Colombian Caribbean with sustained stress on electricity production and freshwater generation. The results obtained show that the technology is viable and that the investment can be recovered in an adequate time horizon.

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