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A German Experiment Proved That Simple Concrete Spheres Make Fantastic Batteries. Now, California Plans To Submerge A 9-Meter Diameter Sphere In The Ocean And Is Already Planning Versions Of 30 Meters (farmingdale-observer.com)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They need to pair this with Tidal power

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_power

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Tidal power probably needs shallow water while these would be great in deep water

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_power

They can do wave power deep sea buoys then :)