• abhibeckert@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The best thing is these provide continuous power except when the tide is “turning”… however that 20 minute or so period will be at a different time of day for each installation. Two of these, just 40 miles apart, might have their tidal turn offset by 3 hours with the right coastline… and you’d pick locations based on that.

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    1 year 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.

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      1 year ago

      That’s interesting. I love seeing new ways for renewable energy. Though it does seem like the tether would be the weakest point. But I am not an engineer.

      I wonder how the sea life will react. Will they get stuck in it? Will they leave? So many questions only time will answer.