Jun 5, 2022
Japan’s trial of a deep ocean turbine could offer limitless renewable energy
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: energy, sustainability
Japan is both power-hungry and fossil-fuel reliant making for a bad combination but that could all soon change. The nation has now successfully tested a system relying on the deep ocean that could provide a reliable steady form of renewable energy, according to a report by Bloomberg published Tuesday.
A project over ten years in the making
The invention comes from Japanese heavy machinery maker IHI Corp. The company has been developing a subsea turbine that harnesses the energy in deep ocean currents for over ten years.