News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Research suggests wind energy may have serious consequences for the environment.

Re:Research suggests wind energy may have serious consequenc... by dmichulke on Friday October 05, 2018 @02:30AM (#18146113)
Can anyone elaborate on the possibly clean alternative not mentioned in the: Tidal Power

I know the work has still to be done by something so it will affect something else somehow, but what is it?

The speed of the moon?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_power

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Research suggests wind energy may have serious consequenc... by sidhuko on Friday October 05, 2018 @02:39AM (#18146153)
Not efficient enough to compete at scale with wind or solar.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Research suggests wind energy may have serious consequenc... by Qworg on Friday October 05, 2018 @03:04AM (#18146255)
Most tidal systems are "trap and release" style (barrages) - you wait until high tide, trap the water, then run the differential through a turbine.

This kills a ton of sea life.

Tidal Kinetic systems suffer from bursty power output.

Other systems are too expensive, too early, or both.

[ Parent | on HN ]