In the last week or two, if you watch German government officials on TV....this power-barge idea came up.
So to explain this....you'd have some floating power-plant (on the high seas) which would have oil-tankers come up and fuel them up....then the barge 'spurts' out electricity via a line to the coast, and delivers this to consumers.
Risk-factor? I looked at this idea, and just shake my head. A serious storm, and some tidal wave hitting....could toss the barge and create a massive problem for clean-up.
The necessity of a barge instead of a regular land-plant? Well....you wouldn't ask permission of anyone, and it could not be delayed for months or years in court.
In a Green Party frame of mind....it makes perfect sense.
On risk-taking? Out of a 1-to-10 situation.....I'd give it a 'eight'.
You might as well create a floating nuke-plant-barge and run it thirty miles off-shore, and lay the cable from there to the coast.
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