Editing Ocean thermal energy conversion (section)

=== Studies ===

A previous Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the United States' NOAA from 1981 is available,<ref>{{cite web|title=Final Environmental Impact Statement for Commercial Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Licensing|url=http://hinmrec.hnei.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/OTEC-Programmatic-EIS-NOAA-1981.pdf|website=U.S. Dept of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|access-date=27 March 2013|archive-date=23 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023074930/http://hinmrec.hnei.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/OTEC-Programmatic-EIS-NOAA-1981.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> but needs to be brought up to current oceanographic and engineering standards. Studies have been done to propose the best environmental baseline monitoring practices, focusing on a set of ten chemical oceanographic parameters relevant to OTEC.<ref>{{cite web|author1=L. Vega|author2=C. Comfort|title=Environmental Assessment of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion in Hawaii|url=http://hinmrec.hnei.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Environmental-Assessment-of-OTEC-in-Hawaii1.pdf|website=Hawaii National Marine Renewable Energy Center|access-date=27 March 2013|archive-date=24 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024034258/http://hinmrec.hnei.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Environmental-Assessment-of-OTEC-in-Hawaii1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Most recently, NOAA held an OTEC Workshop in 2010 and 2012 seeking to assess the physical, chemical, and biological impacts and risks, and identify information gaps or needs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion: Assessing Potential Physical, Chemical, and Biological Impacts and Risks |url=http://coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/otec/docs/otecjun10wkshp.pdf|website=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management |access-date=27 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion: Information Needs Assessment |url=http://coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/otec/docs/otecassessment.pdf|website=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Response and Restoration (ORR) and the Environmental Research Group at the University of New Hampshire (UNH)|access-date=27 March 2013}}</ref>

The [[Tethys (database)|Tethys database]] provides access to scientific literature and general information on the potential environmental effects of OTEC.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tethys |url=https://tethys.pnnl.gov/|website=Tethys |publisher=PNNL}}</ref>