@kalkulat@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agoWorld’s biggest tidal energy ‘kite’ could single-handedly power a small townthenextweb.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1238arrow-down12
arrow-up1236arrow-down1external-linkWorld’s biggest tidal energy ‘kite’ could single-handedly power a small townthenextweb.com@kalkulat@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-square@threeganzi@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoThe article doesn’t say anything about it not being tethered, so I’d assume it still is.
minus-square@KoboldCoterielinkEnglish3•8 months ago Power is then sent to the grid via a subsea cable which also acts as the kite’s tether. I’d assume this is less disruptive to sea life than this, which appears to just be a giant bollard with a turbine mounted on it sunk into the seabed.
The article doesn’t say anything about it not being tethered, so I’d assume it still is.
I’d assume this is less disruptive to sea life than this, which appears to just be a giant bollard with a turbine mounted on it sunk into the seabed.