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You can also exchange energy using high-voltage DC lines across the whole continent. Also, wave energy converters like Pelamis are an exciting technology, prec
by jnxx 6y ago
You can also exchange energy using high-voltage DC lines across the whole continent.
Also, wave energy converters like Pelamis are an exciting technology, precisely because they harvest wind energy decoupled in space and time. It is a great opportunity for Scotland, the coast of France and Spain, Japan, Scandinavia and so on. Not totally technologically mature but shown to be viable using 400kW plants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3-SXFtPYe0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3-SXFtPYe0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slawyq4PXxE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slawyq4PXxE
This is so fantastic. Makes my heart jump.
- wazoox 6y agoFantastic stuff that doesn't exist and won't exist for a long time at the humougous scale we need. We need to get out of fossil fuels now. Be realistic for chrissake! We need dense, powerful power sources.
- pfdietz 6y agoPro-nukes like to point to China for support, but China is building large numbers of UHV DC transmission lines, in large part to transmit renewable power. They have 30,000 km of UHV DC lines now, and will be building more.