Sustainable Modular Islands
August 18, 2008 by UltraFuture
Energy Islands may be a solution to rising ocean levels, fossil fuel dependence and diminishing supplies of fresh drinking water. The energy production and water desalination technologies have been proven and a full-scale implementation is being planned for launch in 2010.
Energy Islands will consist of floating renewable energy platforms that take advantage of photovoltaics, wave energy, ocean current energy turbines, wind turbines, solar thermal towers and OTEC power (ocean thermal energy conversion). The islands will be manufactured as modules, making them scalable and potentially mobile.
Vegetable farms and homes for workers can be constructed atop the islands, and, with an estimated 250MW of power generated, unused power could be transmitted back to the grid at the closest landmass. Roughly 50,000 modules of the Energy Island featured in the image below would meet the current global energy needs.
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Update: October 5th, 2008
The UltraFuture ThinkTank is working on a presentation of Energy Island along with Parsons Brinckerhoff and Noble Denton to be presented at the US-China GreenTech Summit this November 12-14th in Shanghai. This should be a very interesting Summit, with very positive opportunities for Energy Island to identify project partners and supporters, particularly with organizations and firms in mainland China.
Energy Islands are a fascinating concept and I would be interested in hearing more about their progress.
I would like to see an economic analysis of a proposed energy island. What does is cost to build something like this and maintain it.
The UltraFuture ThinkTank is working on a presentation of Energy Island along with Parsons Brinckeroff and Noble Denton to be presented at the US-China GreenTech Summit this November 12-14th in Shanghai. This should be a very interesting Summit, and there are some very positive opportunities for Energy Island to identify project partners and supporters, particularly with organizations and firms in mainland China.
[...] cooled by low temperature waters. There may be potential for OTEC power, an modular islands such as Energy Island may be suitable as housing or ‘docks’ to tether the data centers. Ocean based data [...]
Energy Islands will aggregate pelagic fish and could serve as a platform for mariculture farms. Cold nutrient rich water pumped to the surface by OTEC could be used to stimulate a productive food chain. Seafood production would be a valuable byproduct of the Energy Island concept.
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