Pip@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agoGermany just switched on 124 nearly invisible turbines in the Rhine that keep generating after the sun sets and the wind dies — the one gap solar and wind never could closewww.autonocion.comexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down12
arrow-up1148arrow-down1external-linkGermany just switched on 124 nearly invisible turbines in the Rhine that keep generating after the sun sets and the wind dies — the one gap solar and wind never could closewww.autonocion.comPip@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square20linkfedilink
minus-squareMihies@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoSo, like very hydro power plants, just with a lot less power and geographical impact.
minus-squareTeddy Police@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoAlso, a lot cheaper because you don’t need literally thousands of tons of steel reinforced concrete. Which also cuts down on the carbon footprint of the energy generated.
minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·1 month agoAlso probably not useful in a decade because Europe is drying out. We’re seeing droughts hitherto unfathomable.
So, like very hydro power plants, just with a lot less power and geographical impact.
Also, a lot cheaper because you don’t need literally thousands of tons of steel reinforced concrete.
Which also cuts down on the carbon footprint of the energy generated.
Also probably not useful in a decade because Europe is drying out. We’re seeing droughts hitherto unfathomable.
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