• KoboldCoterie@pawb.social
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    40
    ·
    1 year ago

    As the article notes, part of the problem with large-scale operations like this in the past is that they disrupted ocean life to a significant degree; this one is different in that it (theoretically) doesn’t, since it’s smaller and mobile and not tethered to the seabed.

      • KoboldCoterie@pawb.social
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        1 year ago

        Power is then sent to the grid via a subsea cable which also acts as the kite’s tether.

        I’d assume this is less disruptive to sea life than this, which appears to just be a giant bollard with a turbine mounted on it sunk into the seabed.