It is funny that just about every form of power generation is ultimately just, "we're goint to use a bunch of water moving to spin a big magnet."
Wind is just that but air, so the only one I can think of that's really different is photovoltaics. Even solar mirror plants use mirrors to focus light to make steam to spin turbines.
the coolest form of generation is heating up a fluid (like a molten salt) and causing it to flow in a coil faster and faster, generating it's own magnetic field. cuts out some of the energy waste and moving parts. magneto-hydrodynamic power generation.
It is funny that just about every form of power generation is ultimately just, "we're goint to use a bunch of water moving to spin a big magnet." Wind is just that but air, so the only one I can think of that's really different is photovoltaics. Even solar mirror plants use mirrors to focus light to make steam to spin turbines.
all power plants are just giant kettles
the coolest form of generation is heating up a fluid (like a molten salt) and causing it to flow in a coil faster and faster, generating it's own magnetic field. cuts out some of the energy waste and moving parts. magneto-hydrodynamic power generation.
Neat! I'll have to look that up.