Word: kailuakona
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...subsurface waters, converted back to a liquid and repeats the process all over again. In 1979 a floating mini-OTEC plant generated a net 15 kilowatts per hour, making it the first such plant to produce more energy than it consumes. But a larger plant built in 1981 off Kailuakona, on Hawaii, was a $50 million failure: corrosion of the heat-exchange pipes by sea water and fouling by small marine plants and bacteria rendered the system useless in a matter of days. New pipe materials are being tested, and the state, undaunted, has ordered designs for four 10-megawatt...
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