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This seems to be a combination of tide, wave, wind and solar power on a floating platform. It's not really clear what the benefits of combining all of them are

This seems to be a combination of tide, wave, wind and solar power on a floating platform. It's not really clear what the benefits of combining all of them are - you end up compromising in every direction. The wind turbines in the illustration are comically small - wind power increases with the square of the rotor diameter and the cube of the wind speed - which is why modern wind offshore turbines are absolutely massive. They can extract so much more energy from the wind. There's enough challenges in just solving wave or tidal power on their own - it seems like a waste of effort to try to do everything in one package.

mehrdadn 6y ago
> The wind turbines in the illustration are comically small - wind power increases with the square of the rotor diameter and the cube of the wind speed - which is why modern wind offshore turbines are absolutely massive. Wow! I just looked this up... these are absolutely nuts. The diameter is over a fifth of a kilometer (220m)!! [1] https://www.ge.com/renewableenergy/wind-energy/offshore-wind/haliade-x-offshore-turbine https://www.ge.com/renewableenergy/wind-energy/offshore-wind...