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Re:$22B project to provide 8% of UK energy via undersea cabl... by belorn on Thursday March 09, 2023 @06:47PM (#35088529)
Floating windmills sounds like a fun concept. I never heard of it but in theory, with cables securing it to the bottom and weights to keep it upright, I could see it work.
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Re:$22B project to provide 8% of UK energy via undersea cabl... by Tagbert on Thursday March 09, 2023 @07:19PM (#35088811)
There are existing floating turbines already.

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

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Re:$22B project to provide 8% of UK energy via undersea cabl... by stevekemp on Friday March 10, 2023 @12:40PM (#35097969)
Scotland was big, at one point, on using sea-power. Their idea was more about using the rising/falling/tidal energy to generate electricity via motion:

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

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