The concept of OTEC dates back to 1881, when Jacque's D'Arsonval envisioned the idea. However, D'Arsonval did not live to see his idea to fruition, a task completed by his student Georges Claude in 1930. Although the theoretical efficiency of OTEC is small (~2%), there are vast quantities of seawater available for use in power generation. It has been estimated that there could be as much as 107MW of ocean thermal power available worldwide.
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