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Power
Continuous renewable baseload power for island, coastal and mission-critical infrastructure.
Strategic ocean infrastructure
The opportunity
Tropical oceans hold a dependable temperature difference between warm surface water and cold deep water. OCEES is developing the integrated infrastructure to put that resource to work.
One platform · Four essential outcomes
Continuous renewable baseload power for island, coastal and mission-critical infrastructure.
Desalinated water integrated into the same ocean-infrastructure platform.
Deep seawater cooling for buildings, campuses and high-density computing.
Long-life systems designed to reduce exposure to imported fuel and fragile supply chains.
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
OTEC uses the temperature difference between warm surface seawater and cold water from the deep ocean to generate continuous renewable electricity.
Warm surface seawater heats and vaporizes a closed-cycle working fluid.
The vapor drives a turbine to generate electricity.
Cold deep seawater condenses the fluid so the cycle can begin again.
Shared marine infrastructure can also support desalinated water and cooling.
Sea Water Air Conditioning (SWAC)
SWAC uses naturally cold deep ocean water through a heat exchanger to cool a separate freshwater distribution loop. The system can provide efficient cooling for buildings, campuses, critical infrastructure and high-density computing facilities.
The seawater remains separate from the closed building-water loop and is returned to the ocean through an appropriately engineered discharge.
Engineering beyond the concept
OCEES's experience extends across thermal-cycle design, heat-exchanger configuration, marine bathymetry, deep-water intake systems, offshore-pipeline installation, shore-side civil works and integrated power-and-water infrastructure.
Ocean infrastructure for AI
OTEC and deep-seawater systems offer a potential platform for continuous renewable power and high-efficiency cooling for energy-intensive digital infrastructure. OCEES is evaluating applications for coastal and offshore computing environments.
Engineering and development experience
These engagements represent engineering, feasibility and project-development experience. They are not presented as constructed or operational OCEES facilities.
Kwajalein Atoll · Marshall Islands
OCEES has supported Johnson Controls Government Systems, the prime contractor, in responding to a U.S. Army requirement for continuous island power and potable water. The submitted concept remains under review; no Army or DoD award or endorsement is implied.
Diego Garcia · Indian Ocean
OCEES completed Office of Naval Research SBIR Phase I and Phase II work examining OTEC power and desalinated water for a remote mission-critical installation. That work established a technical basis for potential Phase III follow-on opportunities; no future award is guaranteed.
Guam · United States
A technical and economic study evaluated land-based OTEC with integrated desalination, including site conditions, system configuration and a pathway toward detailed engineering.
U.S. Virgin Islands
Prior work evaluated land-based and floating OTEC configurations with desalination for St. Croix and St. Thomas, including preliminary site and development considerations.
Industry validation · Hawaii
This U.S. Department of Energy-funded open-cycle OTEC research facility operated at NELHA in Hawaii during the 1990s. Dr. Luis A. Vega, who served as program manager for the project, is a member of the OCEES team.
Photo courtesy of NELHA.
Selective global engagement
Kwajalein · Guam · Hawaii
Diego Garcia
U.S. Virgin Islands
Singapore · Oman · India
OCEES is engaging with governments, technical partners and long-term capital providers while exploring international engineering, research and project-development partnerships. Locations shown include completed studies, current discussions and prospective markets—not announced contracts.
Leadership
Chairman & CEO
Entrepreneur, investor and infrastructure developer with more than 35 years of experience building, financing and commercializing businesses and technologies.
Chief Operations Officer
Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel with four decades of leadership in military operations, infrastructure, engineering and energy resilience.
Program Manager
Former U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps officer and professional engineer experienced in large-scale military and commercial infrastructure programs.
Strategic Advisor
Technology strategist and commercialization adviser supporting partnerships, market positioning and resilient infrastructure development.
Vice President, Community Engagement
Works with public officials, community organizations and stakeholders to advance economic development and strategic opportunities.
Technical leadership
OTEC Subject-Matter Expert · OCEES Team
Dr. Vega brings decades of OTEC research, engineering and program-management experience, including leadership of the DOE-funded open-cycle OTEC demonstration at NELHA in Hawaii.
OCEES International
OCEES International, Inc. is a U.S.-based infrastructure and project-development company advancing OTEC, desalinated water and deep-seawater cooling for tropical, coastal and mission-critical environments.
For more than fifteen years, OCEES and its leadership have worked with governments, engineers and strategic partners to advance ocean-powered systems integrating electricity, fresh water, cooling and resilience.
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