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    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 28 21:57:15 2021
    The underwater 'kites' generating electricity as they move

    A pair of sleek, winged machines are "flying" - or at least swimming -
    beneath the dark waters of the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic.

    Known as "sea dragons" or "tidal kites", they look like aircraft, but
    these are in fact high-tech tidal turbines, generating electricity
    from the power of the ocean.

    The two kites - with a five-metre (16ft) wingspan - move underwater in
    a figure-of-eight pattern, absorbing energy from the running tide.
    They are tethered to the fjord seabed by 40-metre metal cables.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59401199

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Mon May 9 22:30:01 2022
    On 2021-11-29, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    The two kites - with a five-metre (16ft) wingspan - move underwater in
    a figure-of-eight pattern, absorbing energy from the running tide.
    They are tethered to the fjord seabed by 40-metre metal cables.


    There's a project in place just outside of Manhattan as well, I believe
    just between Long Island and Manhattan. Not kites, but same sort of
    idea. Super interesting energy source if you can harness it.

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  • From danny burstein@21:1/5 to Retrograde on Tue May 10 11:32:32 2022
    In <pndoki-eu1.ln1@berry.solani.org> Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> writes:

    On 2021-11-29, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    The two kites - with a five-metre (16ft) wingspan - move underwater in
    a figure-of-eight pattern, absorbing energy from the running tide.
    They are tethered to the fjord seabed by 40-metre metal cables.


    There's a project in place just outside of Manhattan as well, I believe
    just between Long Island and Manhattan. Not kites, but same sort of
    idea. Super interesting energy source if you can harness it.

    Here you go:

    https://www.hydroreview.com/world-regions/emec-to-assess-performance-of-verdant-power-s-tidal-turbine-system-in-new-york-city/


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