Submission + - Wave energy, this one might work! (techeblog.com)
PongoX11 writes: Panthalassa is a company building a "simple" floating rig to turn wave motion into electricity. A steel can that moves water around. Unlike old-school wave energy systems with clunky mechanical parts, Ocean-2 rocks a modular, flexible setup that rolls with the ocean’s flow. At about 30 feet wide (and 260 feet long!), it is made from materials designed to (hopefully) withstand the ocean's abuse, over some maintenance cycle. Its designed for deep ocean, so solving this technically is the first big challenge. Figuring out how to use/monetize all that cheap energy out in the middle of nowhere will be the next.
