[HN Gopher] Bombora mWave Solution: Wave Energy Converter
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       Bombora mWave Solution: Wave Energy Converter
        
       Author : simonebrunozzi
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2022-07-30 14:01 UTC (9 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (energyindustryreview.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (energyindustryreview.com)
        
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       | goldenkey wrote:
       | Why not just use windmills in the ocean? Anywhere the tides move,
       | the wind also moves with it.
        
         | woleium wrote:
         | That's what Japan just did
         | https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a40221162/ja...
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         | Edit: I misread your comment, but the Japan turbine is still
         | cool :)
        
         | googlryas wrote:
         | Water is 1000x denser than air, it seems reasonable that you
         | can extract far more energy from it.
        
         | twp wrote:
         | Sea water is also corrosive and full of little creatures that
         | will make their homes on anything you put in the water. Any
         | complex mechanical machinery is unlikely to last very long.
        
       | jschveibinz wrote:
       | An article on the amount of energy in the oceans:
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       | https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2017/02/14/tapping-into-oc...
        
       | spenrose wrote:
       | 1.5MW * (24 _365)_ 20 year working life ~= 262,000 MWh. $25M - >
       | ~$100/MWh. Much better than I would have thought for a pilot.
        
         | googlryas wrote:
         | What about operational costs? Downtime?
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         | I assumed the PS20M was about R&D and production, not
         | operation.
        
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