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Survey of Energy Resources 2007

OTEC Country Notes

Virgin Islands
The island of St. Croix has been found to be a suitable site for the development of OTEC-produced electricity and desalinated water.
 
In the early 1990s an agreement was drawn up between the US company GenOtec and the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA). The plan was to obtain 5 MW of OTEC-produced electricity and 1.5 million gallons/day of desalinated water from a land-based, closed cycle OTEC plant. Additionally, various mariculture industries were planned. The project did not come to fruition.