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General Criteria for Optimal Site Selection for the Installation of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Plants in the Mexican Pacific

In: Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) - Past, Present, and Progress

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  • Alejandro Garcia Huante
  • Yandy Rodriguez Cueto
  • Erika Paola Garduno Ruiz
  • Ricardo Efrain Hernandez Contreras

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to provide an assessment of the resource potential for ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) in the Mexican Pacific Ocean (MPO). Research methodology adopted in this study is a combination of geographic information system (GIS), to identify the most promising site in the MPO for OTEC deployment. Site selection criteria rely on conditions such as distance to cold water pumping, bathymetry, thermal difference (not less than 20°C), and social and environmental aspects. Finally we concluded that sites located in the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca have the highest potential of the entire MPO, although there are other areas in the states of Baja California Sur, Nayarit, or Michoacan that might have some interest for OTEC technology.

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  • Alejandro Garcia Huante & Yandy Rodriguez Cueto & Erika Paola Garduno Ruiz & Ricardo Efrain Hernandez Contreras, 2020. "General Criteria for Optimal Site Selection for the Installation of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Plants in the Mexican Pacific," Chapters, in: Albert S. Kim & Hyeon-Ju Kim (ed.), Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) - Past, Present, and Progress, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:203041
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.90280
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    Keywords

    OTEC; sites; Mexican Pacific Ocean; thermal difference;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q20 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - General
    • Q40 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - General

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