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Interesting Engineering: Hybrid energy raft could power 1,000 homes a day with wave, wind, solar (interestingengineering.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Huckledebuck to c/[email protected]

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NoviOcean’s wave power technology, developed over several years, has been tested in wave pools and a real environment near Stockholm. A small version powers homes on Svanholmen island, proving the concept works at sea.

On one square kilometer, 15 wave power plants can generate 15 MW, compared to offshore wind’s 10 MW. Combined, they can produce 25 MW, sharing the costs of the sea area and transmission cable.

According to the firm, the hybrid approach delivers more consistent energy, as waves generate power for days after the wind subsides. Additionally, wave plants can be placed closer to shore without visually disturbing the coastline.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So what are you saying, that we should give up on other technologies? Two years before your microreactor is demonstrated?

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This is a fanciful and complex power system that is proposed that cannot produce consistent power reliably. I don't think it will be viable in the long run.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, I'm sold. We should definitely turn everything off and wait for the hypothetical reactor to materialise.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

That's not what I said, and your comment is disingenuous in that regard.

[–] AwesomeLowlander 3 points 1 month ago

How is it fanciful? It's taking a bunch of solid, proven technologies and putting them in the same place. It's nothing more than a standard engineering project.