• AA5B@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Like a battery, it’s not scalable as a one off, but it may be as a modular mass produced item.

    Or maybe like a wind turbine. You’d have a field of them comprising a power plant. If you lose some individuals, who cares. If you need to do maintenance you can take one offline or entirely replace it without really impacting the power plants output

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      22 hours ago

      An easy manufacturing method would be to 3d print in plastic a double walled shell, with fill holes for concrete, and mounting chanels for motors. Plastic “lining” would provide salt water protection for the concrete.

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        We have seawater resistant concrete. We don’t need to plastic line it. It’s the turbine that’ll require the most maintenance.