Ocean Robot Swims 5,200 km to Hawaii
Liquid Robotics, producer of long-duration, unmanned ocean robots, announced that one of its Wave Gliders has swam 2,808 nautical miles (5,200 km) to the Big Island of Hawaii after completing a four-month patrol mission of the Pitcairn Island Marine Sanctuary for the U.K. Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO). This achievement represents a fundamental enabling capability for unmanned systems as it proves the feasibility and flexibility of autonomous mission deployment, Liquid Robotics said. Using the Wave Glider platform, customers are able to deploy sensors in remote marine locations
Makai Continues Energy Research in Hawaii
; Makai will work on two initiatives to serve the ultimate goal of making commercial OTEC a reality: • Designing, manufacturing and testing an improved heat exchanger for OTEC, and • Connecting power from its OTEC plant to the electric grid on the Island of Hawaii Because heat exchangers make up about one-third of the cost of an OTEC plant, Makai will develop designs for an OTEC heat exchanger that is high-performance, low-cost, and corrosion-resistant. The goal is a product that is essential to developers of OTEC and valuable for other industries that
Makai to Continue OTEC Work in Hawaii
also have active OTEC development programs. Makai will work on two initiatives to serve the ultimate goal of making commercial OTEC a reality: Designing, manufacturing and testing an improved heat exchanger for OTEC, and Connecting power from its OTEC plant to the electric grid on the Island of Hawaii Because heat exchangers make up about one-third of the cost of an OTEC plant, Makai will develop designs for an OTEC heat exchanger that is high-performance, low-cost, and corrosion-resistant. The goal is a product that is essential to developers of OTEC and valuable for other industries
Makai Continues Energy Research in Hawaii
, and China also have active OTEC development programs. Makai will work on two initiatives to serve the ultimate goal of making commercial OTEC a reality, designing, manufacturing and testing an improved heat exchanger for OTEC, and connecting power from its OTEC plant to the electric grid on the Island of Hawaii. Because heat exchangers make up about one-third of the cost of an OTEC plant, Makai will develop designs for an OTEC heat exchanger that is high-performance, low-cost and corrosion-resistant. The goal is a product that is essential to developers of OTEC and valuable for other industries
February 2025
