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Re:Day ahead electricity prices for EU by wongarsu on Saturday August 27, 2022 @02:42PM (#32621844)
We don't see large tidal power installations because they are not every economical so far. In theory there's a lot of energy to be won, but the salt water causes corrosion issues, and maintenance gets expensive quickly
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Re:Day ahead electricity prices for EU by throwaway2037 on Saturday August 27, 2022 @11:21PM (#32625459)
This is a very good post. I never before considered the issue of corrosion. To that point, does this also affect offshore wind power generation (turbines)? I guess the difference will be: the turbine is not underwater!
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Re:Day ahead electricity prices for EU by adgjlsfhk1 on Sunday August 28, 2022 @01:12AM (#32625961)
offshore wind is much less effected because all the complicated parts are 100 feet up, and much easier to partially seal.
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Re:Day ahead electricity prices for EU by ClumsyPilot on Saturday August 27, 2022 @04:25PM (#32622835)
on the other hand its 100% reliable and needs no fuel, does notndepend on drought, etc.
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