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The Ocean is the largest solar collector and energy storage medium on Earth and the only renewable energy source large enough to supply a significant fraction of total human energy demand. The ocean thermal energy resource can be used to provide the largest supply of accessible hydrogen on the planet. Hydrogen, as a transportable fuel, represents the energy bridge by which these vast ocean resources can be utilized by civilization into the next Millennium.

Each day, the solar radiation incident upon, and absorbed by, the tropical ocean is significantly more than 1000 times the current global energy consumption over the same 24-hour period. Thus, even anticipating the eventual industrialization of the rest of the planet, we will never likely consume more energy than the natural daily fluctuation of this enormous thermal resource, thereby ensuring an environmentally-friendly, sustainable energy economy for all peoples for many generations to come.

It is the enormity of this resource - and its potential contribution to human civilization - which has driven OCEES International, Inc. and its strategic partners to pursue the commercialization of the integrated OTEC systems technology. Now, due to diligent efforts of several scientists and engineers (many of whom work for OCEES or it's corporate partners) and several independent research organizations, Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (or OTEC as it is more commonly referred) and its integrated systems technologies are now a technically viable and economically attractive and environmentally sustainable, renewable energy alternative to conventional fossil fuel-based power systems.

As Humankind’s energy base gradually shifts from complex, environmentally devastating, hydrocarbons, drawn from the caverns of the earth’s crust, to hydrogen, extracted from the thermal energy stored in the tropical ocean, civilization’s emission of carbon, sulfur and nitrogen compounds into the atmosphere will be greatly reduced. We will use a fuel that is clean and abundant, the ignition of which produces water as exhaust, whose extraction energy is inexhaustible as long as the tides rise and fall, winds blow over the ocean, and the sun shines on the tropical seas.

Ocean energy-based hydrogen production would take advantage of two thriving sectors of the offshore oil and gas industry: oil tanker transport, and floating platforms. Construction, operation and maintenance of the ocean-based plants would benefit from this industry’s growing experience with both fixed and floating platforms in increasingly deeper waters. Transportation and distribution of hydrogen fuel would utilize much the same shore-based petroleum and natural gas infrastructure.

Most importantly, we will greatly slow the extraction of hydrocarbon resources that required millennia to form and are virtually non-renewable. Fossil fuels are far too valuable as a finite resource for the industrial materials needed by future generations to simply burn in an instant of human time.

A confluence of economic, environmental, and technological conditions make this the right time to begin building integrated OTEC systems to serve select tropical island and near-shore based ocean communities providing them with clean power, pure water, plentiful food, and abundant hydrogen. We have assembled a world class team of individuals and companies to design, construct, and operate these multi-product OTEC systems. Two decades of research and development have brought us to the point where we can pursue this exciting and environmentally sustainable technology with confidence.

OTEC's time has come. OCEES International, Inc., aligned with its strategic partners, is the world's leader in OTEC systems technology with enforceable patents and practical, real world, experience in ALL phases of integrated OTEC systems development: design, deployment, operation, and maintenance.

Hans-Jürgen Krock, Ph.D., P.E.

President, OCEES, International, Inc.

OCEES International, Inc. Clean Power… Pure Water… Plentiful Food…Unlimited Hydrogen Fuel.

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Hans Jürgen Krock, Ph.D., P.E.

President

OCEES International, Inc.

His diverse experience in industry, government, and academia has provided Dr. Krock the solid background required to make OCEES International, Inc. a successful enterprise. His experience encompasses a wide range of activities including practical engineering, innovative research, graduate instruction, environmental regulation, business development, and administration.

Dr. Krock’s educational background includes:

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering – Arizona State University – 1965 Magna Cum Laude
Master of Science in Sanitary Engineering – University of California, Berkeley – 1967
Doctor of Philosophy – Environmental Engineering – University of California, Berkeley – 1972
Minor subjects covered in his Ph.D. studies were Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.

Dr. Krock has conducted engineering and research projects in Arizona, California, Hawaii, American Samoa, Saipan, Guam, Majuro, Kwajalein, Palau, Ponepe, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, South Korea, Roi-Namur and Germany. For the past twenty two (22) years, Dr. Krock has devoted a majority of his research and professional efforts towards the optimization and development of OTEC related technologies. Among his research and professional accomplishments pertaining to OTEC Systems applications include, but are not limited to:

Establishment of water quality standards for the state of Hawaii and for American Samoa (1979)
Determination of gas exchange rates in seawater (1981-1993). This work has resulted in one patent and one patent pending. This invention increases the efficiency and lowers costs in OTEC plants.
Optimization of the design of OTEC Systems (1980-Present)

During his career, Dr. Krock has had positions in industry (Bagdad Copper Corporation), with governmental agencies (Arizona State Department of Health, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts, Alameda County Flood Control Districts), with an electric and water utility (Salt River Project), with an engineering firm (Sunn, Low, Tom and Hara, Inc.) and with academia (University of California at Berkeley, University of Hawaii at Manoa). In addition, Dr. Krock has established International Hydrogen Systems, Inc. and OCEES International, Inc.

Dr. Krock is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Hawaii (Civil Branch) and a tenured full Professor in the Department of Ocean Engineering of the University of Hawaii. He has served as chairman of the Department of Ocean Engineering and as Director of the J.K.K. Look Laboratory of Oceanographic Engineering. He is a member of a dozen professional and scientific associations and is a registered Scientific Diver.

Among his research and professional accomplishments, Dr. Krock lists the following:

Optimization of the design of OTEC systems (1980 to present).
Determination of the differences between the beach processes on tropical islands and those on continental coasts as based on the engineering characteristics of coral sand (1984 to present).
Determination of the relationship between nutrient concentrations (either total nitrogen or total phosphorus) and net phytoplankton growth rates in real world tropical estuaries, embayments and open coastal waters (1973-1997).
Determination of gas exchange rates in seawater (1981-1993). This work resulted in one patent and one patent pending. This invention increases the efficiency and lowers costs in OTEC plants.
Establishment of water quality standards for the State of Hawaii and for American Samoa (1979).
Determination of the response of tropical benthic communities (primarily coral based) to the discharge of domestic wastewater receiving a range of treatment (1976).
Development of a sensitive and rapid bioassay procedure which uses the metabolic response of native microbiological communities to measure both toxic and stimulatory responses (1971).
Optimization of the demineralization of brackish water using ion exchange (1968).
Development of a method to use epoxy to repair extensive cracking of a high arch concrete dam (Stewart Mountain Dam, 1963).

BOOKS EDITED

U.S. Navy-Industry Symposium on OTEC 1996, Ocean Engineering, University of Hawaii Publication, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1997.

International Pacifica Scientific Diving Symposium 1991, American Academy of Underwater Sciences Proceedings, 204 pages, AAUS Publishing, 947 Newhall Street, Costa Mesa, California.

Ocean Energy Recovery, ICOER ’89, 366 pages, American Society of Civil Engineers, Library of Congress No.: 90-422265.

OTEC RELATED PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

Optimize OTEC Systems for the Niche Market, presented at the International OTEC/DOWA Conference, Imari, Japan, November 1999.

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Feasibility Study for the Navy, Report to US Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Contract No. N47408-94-D-1038, D.O. 0014, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1996.

OTEC Power Cycles and Fresh Water Production, Proceedings of U.S. Navy – Industry Symposium on OTEC, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, December 1996.

OTEC and the Environment, Proceedings of U.S. Navy – Industry Symposium on OTEC, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, December 1996.

The Role of Technology in Ocean Resources Development, invited paper, presented at the 28^th Annual Conference of the Law of the Sea Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 1994.

Coastal and Oceanographic Considerations for Hurricane Iniki, ASCE Conference on Hurricanes of 1992, Miami, Florida, December 1993.

Coastal Overwash on Kauai: Landfall of Hurricane Iniki, ASCE Conference on Hurricanes of 1992, Miami, Florida, December 1993.

The Hawaiian International Hydrogen Energy Pilot Project, presented at the Oceans ’91 Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, October, 1991.

Hydrogen Production Using Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, presented at the International Hydrogen Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, September 1990.

Non-Condensable Gas Composition and Out-Gassing Rates in the Open-Cycle OTEC System with Direct-Contact Condensation, presented at the International Conference on Ocean Energy Recovery, Honolulu, Hawaii, November 1989.

De-Aeration and Re-Injection of Non-Condensable Gases in Open-Cycle OTEC, presented at the International Conference on Ocean Energy Recovery, Honolulu, Hawaii, November 1989.

Gas Evolution in Open-Cycle OTEC, presented at 1986 OMAE Conference in Tokyo, April 1986.

Open-Cycle OTEC Non-Condensable Gas Exchange Characteristics, presented at Intersol ’85, Montreal, Canada, June 1985.

Gas Analyses of Water Samples for OTEC Program, for Westinghouse Electric Corporation and SERI, December 1981.

Stephen K. Oney, Ph.D.

Vice President

OCEES International, Inc.

Dr. Oney spent much of his academic career researching and developing Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) technologies at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii (NELH) working in conjunction with the Pacific International Center for High Technology Research (PICHTR) and the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) investigators. Likewise, he has committed his professional career towards the development and commercialization of the OTEC technology through OCEES International, Inc.

Dr. Oney’s educational background includes

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering – Bucknell University – 1985
Master of Science in Ocean Engineering – University of Hawaii – 1988
Doctor of Philosophy in Ocean Engineering – University of Hawaii – 1993

A brief listing of OTEC related publications and reports prepared by Dr. Oney follow:

Thermodynamic Analysis of an OC-OTEC System in Direct Contact Condenser Configuration Incorporating Predeaeration and Reinjection, Doctoral Thesis, University of Hawaii, 1993.
Assessment of the Technical and Economic Potential for Hydrogen Production with OTEC Electricity and Desalinated Water, report prepared by PICHTR for the State of Hawaii Department of Business and Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT), 1991.
Non-Condensable Gas Composition and Out-Gassing Rates in the Open-Cycle OTEC System with Direct-Contact Condensation, presented at the International Conference on Ocean Energy Recovery, Honolulu, November 1989.
Co-edited: Ocean Energy Recovery, ICOER ’89, 366 pages, American Society of Civil Engineers, Library of Congress No.: 90-422265.
Molecular Diffusion Coefficients for Nitrogen, Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in Seawater, Master’s Thesis, University of Hawaii, 1988.

Heinz-Rüdiger (Rudy) Ahrens

Director, European Operations

OCEES International, Inc.

H. Rüdiger (Rudy) Ahrens has extensive experience in international business encompassing a broad range of industries. He has a wide record of success in investment banking, real estate, international trading and manufacturing, and aircraft leasing, sales and service.

Mr. Ahrens, who speaks several languages, is the CEO and president of Ahrens and Associates. He has developed real estate including major hotels in such exotic locales as East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda), Spain and the Canary Islands. Most recently, he was instrumental in a spectacular hotel acquisition in Hawaii. His companies have also been involved in international trading and manufacturing in Germany, Denmark, Italy, Taiwan, and most recently, The People’s Republic of China.

Mr. Ahrens also brings financial expertise to the company. He has served as a board member and international advisor to the International Trade BankCorp, and has managed diversified investments in a number of companies including the Kaimana Group, PacMerchant Real Estate Corporation, and others.

In addition to his substantial business experience, Mr. Ahrens participated in a five year management education and training program that included study at Glunz International, Hamburg, Germany; American Express Bank, Zurich, Switzerland; Zeiss Scientific Instruments, London, England; S.I. Airlines, Stuttgart, New York and Puerto de la Cruz, Spain; and Universal East African Holdings, Nairobi, Kenya. He is a graduate of Lauenburgische Gelehrten Schule, Ratzeburg, Germany.

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