Posted on 04/22/2021 9:59:43 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
A tidal turbine weighing 680 metric tons and dubbed “the world’s most powerful” has been launched from the Port of Dundee in Scotland, marking another significant step forward in the development of the U.K.’s marine energy sector.
In an announcement Thursday, Scottish firm Orbital Marine Power said its 2 megawatt (MW) turbine, the Orbital O2, would now be towed to the Orkney Islands, an archipelago north of mainland Scotland, for commissioning.
...Looking ahead, the European Commission wants the capacity of ocean energy technologies to hit 100 MW by 2025 and roughly 1 GW by 2030.
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The ones from my clan will eat about anything. And more so if someone else is paying for it.
Wait till that thing becomes encrusted with barnacles.
“...weighing 680 metric tons... would now be towed to the Orkney Islands, an archipelago north of mainland Scotland, for commissioning.”
$5 says it sinks on the trip.
That’ll be a hoot.
Just a giant sea life shredder. I fully expect schools of sharks to hang out in the current behind these turbine blades.
“Wait till that thing becomes encrusted with barnacles.”
Exactly. Barnacles have long been a problem on offshore drilling and production platforms.
If these press release transcribers had phones, they might call the number at the bottom of the press release and ask a couple questions before publishing it on CNBC.
Now, what kind of question would a “Consumer News and Business Channel” press release transcriber ask? He or she might say “Wow it produces enough electricity to power 2,000 homes? That’s so cool. Ahm oh oh right: how much does it cost?”.
But they don’t.
Tidal energy makes sense. Wind and solar not so much. You can set your watch by the tides. You can damn it up and meter it out. If it makes financial sense, go for it. If it is another subsidized boondoggle which produces $10 of electricity for every $20 spent... not so much.
No silly. They passed a law against barnacles.
A rudimentary explanation how the contraption works would be informative.
Just don’t get your foot caught in the blades when swimming.
Hope it last longer than the first Tay Bridge.
So no threat to snail darters or something? Maybe the zebra mussels will attack.
I think that is what happened to the tidal gates over in the lagoon around Venice, Italy.
They started installing them to control the tides so the city would stop flooding out. They got about a third of them installed and they became so encrusted with marine life they would not close anymore.
Kind of like Zebra mussells in the Great Lakes.
One GW is approximately the output of one serious coal-, gas- or nuclear-powered electrical generating station. If memory serves there are about 10 near that size here in Georgia, with a couple more a-building. They hope to get to the level of one that size in 10 years.
So-called Green Energy is a prescription for energy poverty.
>>If it makes financial sense, go for it.
It doesn’t.
There was a big project like that in Maine. Started with FDR. An awful lot of tidewater both ways. Died with JFK.
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