Oceanic Thermal Energy Conversion
Pilgrim 16 Dec 2008 21:26
http://www.orionsarm.com/tech/OTEC.html
Created by the AI Vin
Closed OTEC
Tech Level: Stringtech 3
Cost: Public Domain for the design, Moderate for implementation
Open OTEC
Tech Level: Stringtech 4
Cost: Expensive
Hybrid OTEC
Tech Level: Stringtech 5
Cost: Expensive
I remember reading about this sort of stuff in Popular Science back in the late 70's, early 80's. Anyway, this strikes me as the sort of thing that might come up in the background or the be the reason for an Inspector visit.
Edited for Wikipedia Link on OTEC.