The Institute of Ocean Energy, Saga University (IOES), has released the following press release regarding Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC).

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The Institute of Ocean Energy, Saga University, together with the Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center (OECC), were selected as the implementing organizations for a project of the Climate Technology Center (CTCN), which is responsible for the technical mechanism of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), regarding the Pre-FS (Pre-Feasibility Study) project on the introduction of OTEC power generation in the Republic of Nauru by UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization). This is the first time a Japanese Renewable Energy technology has been adopted for a CTCN project (other than green gas project).

【IOES Press Release】

https://www.saga-u.ac.jp/koho/press/2021062821985 (in Japanese)