2月21日、マレーシアからお客様が来ました。
マレーシア工科大学の副学長、OTECセンターのセンター長、そして関係の方々全5名です。OTEC実証設備と海洋深層水研究所を視察し、久米島町役場や海ブドウの施設も訪問しました。
視察では活発な質疑応答があり、また夜は食事を共にしながら熱く語りあいました。 （久米島名産かまぼこチップスがお気に入りでした。）
深い海までの距離が近く、海水の温度差が大きいマレーシアは、海洋温度差発電が向いている地域の一つです。この発電技術が、久米島から世界に羽ばたくことを願っています。
February 21, customers have come from Malaysia.
Introduction Vice President of Malaysia Institute of Technology, the Center of OTEC center, visited the Kume Island to visit this demonstration facility, people of that relationship, also visited facilities of sea grape and Kume Island Town Office.
Interest in OTEC of people in Malaysia is high, there was a lively question-and-answer session. In addition, while both the meal, talked hot at night. (Kamaboko specialty chips of Kume was like a favorite)
From near, the temperature difference is large seawater until the deep sea, Malaysia is one of the areas where OTEC is facing. The power generation technology, we hope that you fly to the world from Kume Island.
Last month we welcomed visitors from the University of Technology Malaysia to the OTEC demonstration facility on Kume Island. Many countries in the South Pacific are uniquely well suited to OTEC as they have high populations near to deep-sea water while also having high surface sea water temperatures . Many of these countries also have large populations without power or clean drinking water.
OTEC may be the answer to solving many of these problems, and researchers at UTM are looking at ways to make OTEC viable for their people. During the trip, UTM signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Saga University, Japan’s leading OTEC research institution. Japan is happy to welcome visitors to experience the only fully operational OTEC facility in the world. Together we can work towards fully commercial OTEC plants to bring clean renewable power to more of the world.