SWAC · Efficiency

SWAC — Sea Water Air Conditioning

Deep ocean water cooling for sustainable district cooling — complete technical dossier (August 2026).

State of the art · August 2026

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1. Definition and principle

2. History

3. Technical architecture

3.1 Main components

4. Energy performance

5. Installations and projects

5.1 Operational direct tropical SWAC

Installation Year Depth Pipe length / Ø Cooling power Contractor
InterContinental Thalasso Bora Bora 2006 −915 m 2,300 m / 400 mm 1.6 MW Makai
The Brando, Tetiaroa 2011/2014 −960 m 2,618 m / ~370 mm 2.4 MW Geocean
CHPF Taone Hospital, Tahiti 2021–2022 −900 m 3,800–4,300 m / 710 mm 6 MW Geocean

5.2 Analogous systems

5.3 Projects under study

6. Advantages, barriers & impacts

6.1 Advantages

6.2 Disadvantages and barriers

6.3 Environmental impacts

6.4 Economics

7. Research and innovations

8. Prospects and worldwide potential

9. Key actors

10. References