Xenesys Inc.(Business Break)

A promising method of clean power generation called 'Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion' (OTEC) received a boost when Hyogo Prefecture-based Xenesys received a [yen]2 billion order for a power plant from the Kuwait National Petroleum company. Working closely with Saga and Kobe Universities, Xenesys has made major efficiency improvements which are making this generation method first dreamed up more than 120 years ago a viable alternative for generating clean energy. OTEC uses differences in temperature between surface water and water at a depth of up to 1,000 meters to vaporize ammonia and drive a turbine.

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