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Saturday, November 07, 2009

now this is cool too


and with underwater turbines no bats get sucked in. however, i don't know if any fish or other marine life would be endangered by these. but man, i love the idea

Underwater Kite Harnesses Ocean Energy


Written by Susan Kraemer
A completely new concept of underwater wave energy using a simple 7 ton kite turbine design has been developed by Minesto; which is a spinoff from the Swedish military and aircraft design firm Saab. The Deep Green underwater turbine captures the power of the ocean just like a kite in wind. The system could generate 18 terawatthours of energy annually, enough to provide nearly 4 million British households with reliably green electricity every year. UK households now use about a third of what average US households use in energy..................

via americablog

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