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Old 06-01-2023, 02:51 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Boatloads of megawatts

Just like it's hard to beat the bandwidth of a station wagon full of CD-Rs; maybe moving electicity by ship can have a good ROI in certain situations:

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The world’s first Battery Tanker X is a 140-meter-long electric propulsion vessel capable of transporting electricity across oceans. Renewable energy can be safely sent across the sea, connecting grids, islands, and offshore wind farms. Marine-grade batteries installed on the ship have a total capacity of 240MWh and are designed and built by PowerX, a Japanese battery startup. This unique ship is planned to be fully certified by international standards, including DNV and Class NK.
Sea-steading here we come.

In other news, I'm a fan of hydroelectricity, from Woody Guthrie's Roll on Columbia to my monthly bill; but it can be done wrong.

$28.3 Billion USD Three Gorges Dam Has Failed | Tofu Dreg Construction Quality |Drought & Flood (2)

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