https://www.siemens.com/innovation/...iency/the-future-of-energy-seafloat.html
I can get certain things...
* Ships moored and providing emergency power (Happened to Sydney in the past, before the legislation to form an "Electricity Commission")
* Back end of nuke vessels providing power to some remote island (e.g. Pop Sci mags of the 80s.)
But the have what's utility scale power on a barge is weird...especially when they mention combined cycling it, as that entails boilers, demineralisation plants for boiler water and the like.
Environmental hazards of operating a power station NEAR water are bad enough...but ON water ???
Utility scale generation means a utility scale switchyard and protection systems, either on the barge or on land, not just a jumper lead.
I'm always excited at human ingenuity, but this has me intrigued as to the practicality...
I can't imagine aligning that thin, or managing shaft vibrations as the thing gyroscopes itself with the swell.
I can get certain things...
* Ships moored and providing emergency power (Happened to Sydney in the past, before the legislation to form an "Electricity Commission")
* Back end of nuke vessels providing power to some remote island (e.g. Pop Sci mags of the 80s.)
But the have what's utility scale power on a barge is weird...especially when they mention combined cycling it, as that entails boilers, demineralisation plants for boiler water and the like.
Environmental hazards of operating a power station NEAR water are bad enough...but ON water ???
Utility scale generation means a utility scale switchyard and protection systems, either on the barge or on land, not just a jumper lead.
I'm always excited at human ingenuity, but this has me intrigued as to the practicality...
I can't imagine aligning that thin, or managing shaft vibrations as the thing gyroscopes itself with the swell.