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4 . Potential Revenues generated by 100 MW OTEC Plant

Revenue % USD m / yr Remark
1
Green H2
60
90
USD 6 / kg x kg / yr [@ 93 MW = 15 million kg
per year ]
After 1.5 % OPEX
2
Sale of DSW
35
53
Only 8 % take-up of the DSW Off OTEC
Plant Condensers @ USD 0.01 / litre
[ 2.3m3 / s / MW ]
3
Carbon Credits
5
7
USD 10 / tonneCOeq [@ 7577t
CO2eq / year / MW ] 93MW
4 Cooling of Data Centres
5 Lithium Production
6 Marine Produce
0
0
0
TOTAL
100
150
Pay-back Period : 5 years for USD 750
CAPEX
Table 4 : Potential Revenue generated by 100 MW OTEC Plant
Scenario BAU
Scenario New Capacity Target
Cumulative Investment ( MYR bn )
2021-2025
16.12
2026-2035
19.51
2021-2025
19.93
2026-2035
33.07
Employment Impact (# of Jobs )
2025
20,385
2035
27,786
2025
28,416
2035
46,636
Table 5 : MyRER : Impact on cumulative Investment and Employment
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