What is an Energy Island?

The great inventor Dominic Michaelis has designed an "energy island". This device floating on the sea can collect energy, and it is expected to replace the petroleum resources widely used by mankind with the absolute advantage of energy reproduction.

Floating Energy Island at Sea

Michaelis' initial idea of designing an energy island was to upgrade the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) system, which previously had been slow to develop. The OTEC system is a device that draws icy seawater from the depths of the ocean floor and generates electricity through cyclic processing. He said, "There is no new progress in OTEC at present, and I am thinking why not integrate other energy manufacturing technologies with the system organically?"

The energy island was designed by Michelis and his son. The OTEC system is located on the energy island.

The basic design principle of Michelis is to build an energy island and obtain OTEC

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It is undeniable that an energy island is a manufacturing solution for making cheap energy. It can transfer energy to the coast through submarine pipelines. Or it can be used to separate hydrogen from water, and hydrogen fuel can be shipped to land to produce hydrogen fuel cells. Michaelis said that the price of electricity generated by the energy island is 9-13 cents per kilowatt-hour, depending on the capital investment status of the energy island construction cost. Today, building an energy island requires at least $ 600 million.

Electricity is not the only energy source made by the energy island. If seawater is used as the working fluid of the OTEC system, the seawater will be desalinated during evaporation and condensation. Michelis pointed out that for each megawatt of electricity produced, the OTEC system needs to supply 300,000 gallons of fresh seawater per day.

In addition, the icy seawater pumped deep from the ocean is rich in many nutrients and can be used to supply fish farms or some aquatic breeding bases.