FreightWaves Flashback: US yards watching plans for floating electric generating vessels

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The many industries that make up the world of freight have undergone tremendous change over the past several decades. Each week, FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of...

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Watch: Floating OTEC device revealed

Global OTEC Resources, a business aspiring to bring a new form of renewable energy to tropical resorts, has released images of its first design concepts. The company has reached a cost model for harnessing the thermal energy stored in our oceans which is comparable to, if not cheaper than, the cost of running diesel generators.

According to the company, most of these resorts burn approximately 8.000 litres of diesel every day having negative effect on the oceans.

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