Man-made power islands

[Gilligan]

Very interesting development...

 

[m7lukas]

That's an awesome idea.

 

[Clem72]

Didn't watch the whole thing, but how is this different from normal off-shore wind farms? They can be further off-shore by using the island as a waypoint?

 

[Sneakers]

Makes it easier for terrorists to take down portions of the grid.

 

[DaSDGuy]

And what power source was used during the manufacturing process to produce the components? A 3D printer running on solar?

 

[Gilligan]

Didn't watch the whole thing, but how is this different from normal off-shore wind farms? They can be further off-shore by using the island as a waypoint?

It's a matter of scale. Those "islands" provide the enabling platform for supporting far larger turbine grids (or "wind farms") than the current approach does, which is limited by logistical realities to around 75 turbines per "farm".