This would be an excellent option if... there were enough hydro available to power the electric generation (which has been a rapidly declining resource over the last 20 years).Hydro-electric.,,
Most dams were designed or renovated to generate power. In the last decade or so, along with wind turbine technology, underwater paddles were being researched to harness energy in the oceans. Underwater currents have been discovered to be a continues source. Meaning they are not interrupted or affected . So spinning a turbine would be a perfect uninterrupted source. No need at all for fossil fuels. Or having to figure out what to do with spent nuke material.,,This would be an excellent option if... there were enough hydro available to power the electric generation (which has been a rapidly declining resource over the last 20 years).
That gives rise to what supports what - takes lots of steel bar and pipe to do these projects … that takes natural gas to heat billets and the heat treat phase is typically HV electric ovens etc … Concrete is very fuel (and lube) intensive … Transport etc4th generation nuclear plants are going to be built en mass starting about ten years from now. Even private enterprises have signed letters of intent to build 4th gen plants for process heat and electricity. It's the clean way forward.
Ill go Nuclear any day for reliable clean energy and also for those greenie's out there.Most dams were designed or renovated to generate power. In the last decade or so, along with wind turbine technology, underwater paddles were being researched to harness energy in the oceans. Underwater currents have been discovered to be a continues source. Meaning they are not interrupted or affected . So spinning a turbine would be a perfect uninterrupted source. No need at all for fossil fuels. Or having to figure out what to do with spent nuke material.,,