Continuous reinforced cold water pipe for an ocean thermal energy conversion system

A cold water pipe (CWP) made by a process comprising:

• moving a particular rigid frame section of a plurality of rigid frame sections into a mold, the particular rigid frame section comprising a plurality of linear metallic members extending parallel to one another and spaced apart from one another, the plurality of linear metallic members defining an interior channel;
• enclosing the particular rigid frame section in a curable material, the curable material contacting and surrounding an exterior surface of each of the linear metallic members of the particular rigid frame section and forming a surface that defines an interior wall of the interior channel;
• curing the curable material to form a particular molded pipe section;
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• moving the particular molded pipe section out of the mold, while concurrently moving a next sequential rigid frame section that is connected to the particular rigid frame section into the mold.