The sea is very corrosive which destroys moving parts :(
Comment on World’s biggest tidal energy ‘kite’ could single-handedly power a small town
justhach@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I always thought that tides were a really underutilized source of energy.
I mean, look at the Bay of Fundy. The equivalent of all the water in all the rivers in the entire world cycles in and out every single day. Thats a lot of movement and a ton of potential energy there.
Taringano@lemm.ee 10 months ago
kalkulat@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Not many people live there, but W. Australias’ Kimberley Coast has a section where the tide rises 36 feet.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ9kdhVJT0U
Waves big enough to surf arrive.
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 10 months ago
As the article notes, part of the problem with large-scale operations like this in the past is that they disrupted ocean life to a significant degree; this one is different in that it (theoretically) doesn’t, since it’s smaller and mobile and not tethered to the seabed.
threeganzi@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
The article doesn’t say anything about it not being tethered, so I’d assume it still is.
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 10 months ago
I’d assume this is less disruptive to sea life than this, which appears to just be a giant bollard with a turbine mounted on it sunk into the seabed.