Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Datasets
The data presented here were collected from the Ocean Thermal Extractable Energy Visualization (OTEEV) project. The OTEEV project focused on assessing the Maximum Practicably Extractable Energy (MPEE) from the world's ocean thermal resources.
This project explored the feasibility of deploying Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) plants to harness temperature differences between warm surface waters and cold deep seawater for renewable power generation. The resulting datasets - cold water depth, delta T, net power, plant spacing, sea surface temperature, and seawater cooling - capture critical environmental and engineering variables needed to assess OTEC site suitability, system efficiency, and regional deployment planning. Data were processed and converted to shapefile format by NREL for the OTEEV project - see linked "Ocean Thermal Extractable Energy Visualization Final Technical Report" resource below.
For more information on the specific visualization datasets provided here, see section 7.1 of the linked report.
Note: The shapefiles presented here were originally created as a part of the MHK atlas, which has been deprecated in favor of the Marine Energy Atlas. For more up to date datasets, please see the "Marine Energy Atlas" linked resource below.
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AB - The data presented here were collected from the Ocean Thermal Extractable Energy Visualization (OTEEV) project. The OTEEV project focused on assessing the Maximum Practicably Extractable Energy (MPEE) from the world's ocean thermal resources.
This project explored the feasibility of deploying Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) plants to harness temperature differences between warm surface waters and cold deep seawater for renewable power generation. The resulting datasets - cold water depth, delta T, net power, plant spacing, sea surface temperature, and seawater cooling - capture critical environmental and engineering variables needed to assess OTEC site suitability, system efficiency, and regional deployment planning. Data were processed and converted to shapefile format by NREL for the OTEEV project - see linked "Ocean Thermal Extractable Energy Visualization Final Technical Report" resource below.
For more information on the specific visualization datasets provided here, see section 7.1 of the linked report.
Note: The shapefiles presented here were originally created as a part of the MHK atlas, which has been deprecated in favor of the Marine Energy Atlas. For more up to date datasets, please see the "Marine Energy Atlas" linked resource below.
AU - Langle, Nicholas
A2 - Heimiller, Donna
A3 - Scott, George
DB - Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO -
KW - OTEC
KW - cold water depth
KW - hydrokinetic
KW - ocean
KW - ocean energy
KW - ocean thermal energy conversion
KW - thermal
KW - delta T
KW - HYCOM
KW - NCODA
KW - MHK
KW - marine and hydrokinetic
KW - plant spacing
KW - sea surface temperature
KW - depth profile
KW - seawater cooling
KW - OTEEV
KW - grid points
KW - net power
KW - energy
KW - conversion
KW - data
KW - processed data
LA - English
DA - 2014/11/25
PY - 2014
PB - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
T1 - Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Datasets
UR - https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/622
ER -
Langle, Nicholas, et al. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Datasets. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 25 November, 2014, Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/622.
Langle, N., Heimiller, D., & Scott, G. (2014). Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Datasets. [Data set]. Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/622
Langle, Nicholas, Donna Heimiller, and George Scott. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Datasets. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, November, 25, 2014. Distributed by Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/622
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This project explored the feasibility of deploying Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) plants to harness temperature differences between warm surface waters and cold deep seawater for renewable power generation. The resulting datasets - cold water depth, delta T, net power, plant spacing, sea surface temperature, and seawater cooling - capture critical environmental and engineering variables needed to assess OTEC site suitability, system efficiency, and regional deployment planning. Data were processed and converted to shapefile format by NREL for the OTEEV project - see linked "Ocean Thermal Extractable Energy Visualization Final Technical Report" resource below.
For more information on the specific visualization datasets provided here, see section 7.1 of the linked report.
Note: The shapefiles presented here were originally created as a part of the MHK atlas, which has been deprecated in favor of the Marine Energy Atlas. For more up to date datasets, please see the "Marine Energy Atlas" linked resource below. },
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Details
Data from Nov 25, 2014
Last updated Apr 23, 2025
Submitted Nov 25, 2014
Organization
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Contact
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Authors
Keywords
OTEC, cold water depth, hydrokinetic, ocean, ocean energy, ocean thermal energy conversion, thermal, delta T, HYCOM, NCODA, MHK, marine and hydrokinetic, plant spacing, sea surface temperature, depth profile, seawater cooling, OTEEV, grid points, net power, energy, conversion, data, processed dataDOE Project Details
Project Name Ocean Thermal Extractable Energy Visualization (OTEEV)
Project Lead Hoyt Battey
Project Number EE0002664
