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The world's largest single-capacity floating wind platform has two turbines (electrek.co)
submitted 4 weeks ago by ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Zron@lemmy.world 9 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Because companies have been promising tidal power for decades and it never works because the tide is really strong and full of animals, plants, and garbage that really shouldn’t be around large moving machinery.

So this is the alternative

[–] ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

CorPower Ocean announces wave energy breakthrough in Portuguese waters from March.

Edit: There's also Eco Wave Power Commences Sending of Clean Electricity to the Israeli National Electrical Grid from January.

Edit2: There's the 254MW Sihwa tidal power station

Tidal power plants aren't a new technology though, so I'm guessing you meant wave power.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca -5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I wasn't asking a question. I was just making a statement.