All Spain knows what’s going on with him Mar. A myth that has been in place for 200 years has been confirmed. The discoveries of the seabed leave scientists open-mouthed, and amateurs even more so. Solar and wind energy are the most popular ways to generate energy.
However, thanks to the advancement of technology, new ways of doing this are currently emerging, taking center stage, some of which are operating in the Mar. Marine energy has great potential as a source of clean, renewable and abundant energy. Take advantage of energy resources collected in the oceans and seas.
This type of energy, also called ocean energy, comes from the ocean and its natural resources. Depending on the elements sufficient to obtain energy, we can call it one way or another: tides, ocean currents, waves, oceanic thermal or osmotic.
The myth of the sea is confirmed in Spain
The myth that will be confirmed in our territory is related to a statement from 1881. So the French inventor Jacques Arsene d’Arsonval He said that the production of electricity with the heat of the sea was possible. He designed a steam turbine that runs on hot water and the first prototype is now being built in a shipyard Gran Canaria by the hand of Ploteca pan-European consortium.
This organization is building Spain a prototype of a new technology they named Conversion of thermal energy from the ocean (OTEC for the abbreviation in English). It is a floating power generator that aims to create an uninterrupted electricity supply even on remote tropical islands that usually rely on fossil fuels for their energy needs.
The final prototype is expected to be ready this year and testing will begin indoors Canary Islands. His work will be complemented by another power generation device already being tested on the Spanish archipelago of eight ocean islands. Atlantic Ocean. This device consists of a floating platform with photovoltaic panels that can provide light to 100 houses installed in the region Port of Tazacortein The Palm.
OTEC, the energy solution involving the sea and which will be tested in Spain
Under these circumstances, FATHER It is presented to the world as a new energy consumption solution that aims to be fully resilient to storms.
“We are focused on a vision where the future of tropical islands is to provide themselves with all the electricity, water and food they need, and to create new industries for export, such as alternative ecological fuels and crucial minerals,” says he. Then Grechfounder of Global OTEC, one of the project partners in a statement.
This floating device has a turbine at its core. An element that needs movement to produce electricity. Among the innovations we find the way it moves. This requires renewable energy technology FATHER use the water Mar hot surface, about 26ºC, which has been heated by the sun’s rays, to evaporate a working fluid with a low boiling point that generates steam that drives this turbine and generates energy through a generator.
Prediction of the device that generates energy from the sea
In their computational simulations Plotec It will use tropical storm data to ensure that the structure is strong and resistant according to the needs of the islands. “We wanted to design a cost-effective floating platform that could withstand even a Category 5 storm,” he explains. Greek.
In addition, Sam JohnstonGlobal’s chief engineer FATHER, communicates that the prototype “will provide the perfect opportunity to test the cylindrical hull and gimbal solutions in waves equal to 20 meters and perfect the connection and disconnection procedure at sea; to maximize asset life and availability, even in storm-prone regions.”
Certainly, Spain remains in anticipation of what happens to him Mar to verify if the myth that has been talked about for 200 years is true.