The underwater turbines will produce three times more than the 180 meter high land mills.
For more than a decade now, human beings have not stopped searching alternative energy sources to the fossil fuels. In recent years, solar panels and wind turbines have been the answer, but this is now joined by the large underwater turbines who wants to build the company TidalWatt to take advantage of the ocean currents.
Appeared the information in the own Tidal Watt official page and in the electric cars forumit has been possible to know that the company of Mauricio Queirozfounder and CEO of TidalWatt, aims to build underwater turbines that make a similar work to the turbines in the mills that rise tens of meters above the ground.
The company TidalWatt is developing a turbine that could change the world
Queiroz explained that to produce energy these underwater turbines take advantage of ocean currents that run through Under water. Very similar to the method of operation of the turbines of wind mills, which take advantage of the air currents of specific places to move their huge blades.
However, the CEO of TidalWatt he wanted to highlight a very interesting thing. The underwater turbine being developed is three meters in diameter, which with a current of 1.77 knots will produce 4.25 MW of energy. That is, the equivalent to what is capable of producing a 180 meter wind turbine.
What does this mean? That with a diameter 60 times smallerit is said soon, TidalWatt’s underwater turbines will be able to generate at least three times more energy due to availability unlimited of movement to manufacture said energy.
In proportional terms the data is even more surprising, since while a huge wind turbine generates energy around the 30% of the time of a daythe turbines they have designed in TidalWatt 90% can do it. The difference is overwhelming and abysmal and could solve many problems for human populations from now to the not too distant future.
The company has its facilities in Brazil and it is here where all the studies are being carried out to verify the variables. For example, the study of the best places to be able to place this class of turbines, since their location will be essential for optimize production.
It has been estimated, based on the consumption of Brazilian families, that each turbine will be able to provide energy for some 22,800 families. This figure could be compared to that of the huge wind turbine that China is placing in front of your things that has the capacity to give light to 25,000 homes. The difference is minimal and underwater turbines take up much less space.
The production of electrical energy is not the only key point of these turbines, it is also the impact that exercises in the atmosphere. Some have wondered if it will not harm marine ecosystems and the truth is that it will not, since will respect marine fauna and flora. Even at their bases they plan to build reefs so that they integrate with nature.
The latter is important regarding the huge wind mills that are visible to tens of kilometers and cause a great visual impact in cities. Solar panels also have this characteristic that has led them to be highly criticized.
According to the data we have, 70% of the earth’s surface is covered with water. It may be that here we have the solution to the energy shortages of the future, to use the seas and oceans in a sustainable way to be able generate clean energy to help fight climate change and its adverse effects. The future is in our hands.