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New Energy for Martinique and Overseas NEMO
NEMO (New Energy for Martinique and Overseas) projects was conceptualized as a floating ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) plant off the west coast of Martinique, France. Located 7 kilometers off the west coast of the island, this offshore OTEC plant was expected to produce a nominal installed capacity of 16 MW with a maximum available capacity of 10.7 MW. The net generated power was planned to be exported to the Martinique electrical grid via a subsea cable and a substation at an existing conventional fossil fuel power plant and was expected to fuel no less than 35,000 households.
Additional Information
Project Status
Is the project actively being planned or is deployed in the water (active)? Or was the project canceled or completed (inactive)?
Inactive
Project Life Cycle
Project Progress through life cycle:
- Planned: Project has identified a deployment location and is preparing for deployment
- Operational: Project is deployed in the water and is active
- Completed: Project was previously deployed in the water
- Decommissioned: Installation has been fully removed in accordance with regulations
- Canceled: Project was canceled before being deployed in the water
Canceled
Max Rated Power Capacity
The maximum amount of electricity that can be produced by project, based on available resources and device nameplate capacity.
16 MW
Project Duration
2014 - 2018
Energy Resource
- Thermal Gradient
Project Scale
Full-scale
Number of Devices
1
Grid Connectivity
Grid Connected
Waterbody
Eastern Caribbean Sea, Martinique
Site Characteristics
Geographic characterization for the project location:
- Open Ocean: Main body of ocean, not enclosed or partially enclosed by land
- Coastal: Open water near the coast, spanning between land and shelf boundary
- Enclosed Bay: water that is partially surrounded by land, with a mouth open to larger water
- Constricted Channel: A channel where water flows quickly due to narrowing by the land
- River: Water flowing from land towards a larger body of water
Coastal
Country
France
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Citation Formats
“New Energy for Martinique and Overseas NEMO.” Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects, PRIMRE, United States Department of Energy, https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/New_Energy_for_Martinique_and_Overseas_NEMO. Accessed <day> <monthRoman> <year>.
Marine Energy Projects Database: Projects. <year>. "New Energy for Martinique and Overseas NEMO." Accessed <monthRoman> <day>, <year>. https://openei.org/wiki/PRIMRE/Databases/Projects_Database/Projects/New_Energy_for_Martinique_and_Overseas_NEMO.
Last modified: 8 April 2025