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Warpy

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Fri Jun 10, 2022, 03:13 PM Jun 2022

Japan Is Dropping a Gargantuan Turbine Into The Ocean to Harness 'Limitless' Energy [View all]

Deep beneath the waves there's a source of power quite unlike any other. To tap into it, Japanese engineers have constructed a true leviathan, a beast capable of withstanding the strongest of ocean currents to transform its flow into a virtually limitless supply of electricity.

Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries – now known simply as IHI Corporation – has been tinkering with the technology for over a decade now, partnering with New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) in 2017 to put their designs to the test.

In February, the project passed a major milestone with the completion of a successful three-and-a-half year field test in the waters off Japan's southwestern coast.



https://www.sciencealert.com/japan-s-dropping-a-kaiju-sized-turbine-into-the-ocean-to-fish-for-limitless-energy

Looks like a prototype Enterprise, a body and two nacelles. I wonder if painting it the colors of the Ukrainian flag was accidental or intentional. Either way, cool beans.

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A current to current converter Yonnie3 Jun 2022 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author wyn borkins Jun 2022 #2
Wind, waves, and sun-- viva la Jun 2022 #3
Sun and wind can help, but they're intermittent Warpy Jun 2022 #4
Jellyfish in the intake! viva la Jun 2022 #10
No, you just have to dust the panels off after a windstorm Warpy Jun 2022 #11
Speaking of ocean power.... viva la Jun 2022 #17
They're working on it Warpy Jun 2022 #19
Within a few hundred miles of the ocean and at lower elevations... hunter Jun 2022 #21
I'm from a Great Lakes state viva la Jun 2022 #23
You're right. For centuriesupon centuries, humanity lived on the sun, the wind, flowing water... NNadir Jun 2022 #7
As the article stated, a prototype has worked well in the field for three yeats Warpy Jun 2022 #8
We've had lots of prototypes of lots of devices. We had prototypes for wind turbines in... NNadir Jun 2022 #9
Those old windmills were once state of the art Warpy Jun 2022 #12
I fail to see the difference between "still be squatting in the mud..." and... NNadir Jun 2022 #13
A lot of resources are being spent on this project... Finishline42 Jun 2022 #14
Oh Geeze... The money being spent will save very few lives, because very few lives are at risk. NNadir Jun 2022 #15
Hey I think another wind farm came online Finishline42 Jun 2022 #16
Hey, I think about 7,850,000 tons of carbon dioxide were dumped and 1600 people died from air... NNadir Jun 2022 #18
How many nuclear plants could have been built Finishline42 Jun 2022 #20
For the record... NNadir Jun 2022 #22
I always thought using the tidal changes in the Bay of Fundy could be a useful supply of electricity mitch96 Jun 2022 #5
Tidal bores look powerful, butthey're intermittent Warpy Jun 2022 #6
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