Integrated, Sustainable Platform for Coastal Communities

November 9, 2008 by UltraFuture 

Energy Island Presents Integrated, Sustainable Platform for Coastal Communities:
US China GreenTech Summit: November 13, Shanghai.

SHANGHAI, Nov. 10 - Energy Island, a sustainable and self-sufficient platform design for island and coastal communities, will be presented at the US China GreenTech Summit in Shanghai, November 13th. Energy Island is supported by a consortium of leading engineering, consulting and planning organizations including: Parsons Brinckerhoff, Noble Denton, Halcrow, the University of Southhampton and UltraFuture. Energy island is led by engineer and architect Dominic Michaelis, CEO, and architect Alex Michaelis, Managing Director.

The presentation will be part of the Utilities Panel on November 13th, which includes executives from IBM, PG&E. David Harris, managing director of thinktank and consultancy UltraFuture, will present Energy Island and participate in the panel on behalf of the consortium.

Renewable Energy
Energy Island utilizes proven technologies to harness all forms of renewable energy available at sea. At the heart of system is an open-cycle Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) plant, which is aided by solar, wind, sea current and wave energy converters. Energy Island has developed innovative designs and technologies that allow the integration of these energy sources into custom-designed systems that produce between 1MW and 250MW net power output.

Large-scale Fresh Water Production
In addition to being a non-polluting source of reliable energy, Energy Islands address a number of other immediate environmental and social challenges. One of the most beneficial by-products of the open-cycle OTEC process is mass desalinization of seawater; for every megawatt of energy produced by the OTEC process, 1.2 million liters of freshwater are produced. This freshwater can be utilized in the local communities and also can be shipped by tanker to areas in need.

The modular design of Energy Island allows them to be joined together to create larger community/utilities platforms. Energy Islands can be designed to accommodate aquaculture, greenhouses and mariculture pens for food production. Residential, research or tourism facilities can also be built on the islands.

Energy Island will also be presented this December 13th at the UltraFuture Conference in Hong Kong (www.ultrafutureworld.com).

For more information, please contact:
Nick Fabrizio, Production Manager of UltraFuture World Limited
Tel: +86 1581 5588774 or nick.fabrizio@ultrafutureworld.com

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2 Responses to “Integrated, Sustainable Platform for Coastal Communities”

  1. » Integrated, Sustainable Platform for Coastal Communities on November 9th, 2008 1:59 pm

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  2. Walter on November 13th, 2008 3:40 am

    This is similar to another Ultrafuture topic on ocean Energy Islands used to gather data: http://ultrafutureworld.com/2008/10/25/google-patent-for-ocean-based-sustainable-data-centers/. Sounds like much will be delved into at the US China GreenTech Summit .

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