Dragon 12 LARS tested

[Joeboy]

My personal fave in RE tech. Good to see progress

https://interestingengineering.com/inno ... tidal-kite

[Moxi]

I would love to see six or eight of those deployed in the Menai straights and pumping out the MW's

Moxi

[Joeboy]

Absolutely, looking at the online videos it seems that they have done towed tests from a vessel which is in itself cool but not new. Towed survey is old tech. They do say that dragon 4 is operating but on a quick hunt I couldn't find data.

https://minesto.com/

[Krill]

Would the Menai straits be too narrow? Last thing anyone would want is those things smacking into the sandbanks and getting damaged twice a day.

[Joeboy]

https://minesto.com/holyhead-deep/

With all my heart I hope this is as they say, a flyer.

Thousands and thousands of babysteps to get to where they are. Even though it still seems a bit if when and but I'd buy in.

[dan_b]

Excellent - there's a lot of tidal stream turbine research going on up at Orkney too.

[Moxi]

Would the Menai straits be too narrow? Last thing anyone would want is those things smacking into the sandbanks and getting damaged twice a day.

Down towards Caernarfon the straights are quite wide and there are big sand banks but further up towards Menai and Bangor there are deep clear sections with a rock bottom ( ) which should be highly suitable for tidal energy. If not then theres always the Marine Energy Wales test area on Anglesey (Mon) that has excellent tidal conditions too.

Moxi

[Joeboy]

Excellent - there's a lot of tidal stream turbine research going on up at Orkney too.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67639476.amp

[Moxi]

Nice link JB and a good read,
Moxi