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Comment on World’s biggest tidal energy ‘kite’ could single-handedly power a small town

KoboldCoterie@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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threeganzi@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The article doesn’t say anything about it not being tethered, so I’d assume it still is.

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- KoboldCoterie@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  
  Power is then sent to the grid via a subsea cable which also acts as the kite’s tether.
  
  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.
  
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