Tuesday, June 22, 2010 to Thursday, June 24, 2010
Honolulu, Hawaii
OTEC: Assessing Potential Physical, Chemical and Biological Impacts and Risks Workshop Report
- The full version (including the appendix)
- The short version (without the appendix)
Meeting Goal
This workshop will serve as one of several forums for information gathering to assist NOAA and DOE in preparing to meet their OTECA licensing and permitting responsibilities to ensure that the development of a commercial scale OTEC facility is environmentally acceptable prior to an awarded license. It will assist NOAA and DOE in identifying the baseline environmental studies and monitoring strategies needed for OTEC development, and where further research is needed. The overall goal of this workshop is to determine the baseline and monitoring data necessary to evaluate the biological impacts resulting from the operation of an OTEC facility, and how, when and where this data can be obtained. This workshop is a step towards increased federal agency collaboration and coordination which is crucial to the advancement of the industry towards commercial development. More>>
Presentations
- Workshop Background, Goals & Outcomes (Nancy Kinner)
- Welcome from Department of Energy (Mike Reed)
- Workshop Structure & Logistics (Stephanie Kavanaugh and Alison Hammer)
- OTEC Retrospective (Luis Vega)
- OTEC System Overview (Laurie Meyer)
- OTEC Plume Modeling (Patrick Grandelli)
- OTEC Site Assessments (Fred Arnold)
- OTEC Impacts: Potential Physical, Chemical and Biological Impacts (Don MacDonald)
- OTEC Impacts: Potential OTEC Impacts in the Hawaiian Marine Environment (Michael Parke)
Breakout Group Discussion Questions
Breakout Groups
Pre-Reading Materials
- A Primer/Overview for this workshop
- Potential Impacts
- NOAA Technical Report: The Potential Impact of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) on Fisheries (June 1986)
- Harnessing Ocean Power (New York Times, May 18, 2010)
- Technical Readiness of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) - CRRC Workshop Report
Location
Ala Moana Hotel
410 Atkinson Drive
Honolulu, Hawaii 96814
Working Organizing Committee
Nancy Kinner Alan Everson |
UNH/CRRC NOAA NMFS |
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Whitney Blanchard |
NOAA OCRM |
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Kerry Kehoe Eugene Bromley |
NOAA OCRM US EPA |
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George Detweiler |
USCG |
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Donald MacDonald |
NOAA Special Projects |
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Lt. Scott Medeiros |
USCG, Waterways |
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Lt. Doug Miller | USCG, District 14 | douglas.j.miller@uscg.mil | |
Michael Parke | NOAA | michael.parke@noaa.gov | |
Mike Reed | US Dept of energy | michael.reed@ee.doe.gov | |
Tom Street | NOAA | thomas.street@noaa.gov | |
Dwight Trueblood | NOAA | dwight.trueblood@noaa.gov | |
Alison Hammer | NOAA (Workshop Facilitator) | alison.hammer@noaa.gov | |
Stephanie Kavanaugh | NOAA (Workshop Facilitator) | stephanie.kavanaugh@noaa.gov |
Questions? Please contact kathy.mandsager@unh.edu (603) 862-1545