The development and research project “StEnSEA” (Stored Energy in the Sea) is investigating the installation of large storage facilities on the sea floor, in combination with offshore wind farms. The physical principle on which the energy storage facility operates is similar to that of conventional pumped storage power plants, but based not on two reservoirs, but a hollow sphere. Read more on forschung-energiespeicher.info
Neft Daşları
Neft Daşları is an industrial settlement in Baku, Azerbaijan. The settlement forms part of the municipality of Çilov-Neft Daşları in the Khazar raion. It lies 100 km (62 mi) away from the Azerbaijani capital Baku, and 55 km (34 mi) from the nearest shore in the Caspian Sea. A full town on the sea with up to 5000 inhabitants, it was the first oil platform in Azerbaijan, and the first operating offshore oil platform in the world, incorporating numerous drilling platforms.
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Pressure Experiment
The pressure difference in passenger planes is easily understandable if you take a soft and empty plastic bottle, close it at the highest position of your flight (in the upper part of the image) and watch again while landing. You will see that the pressure makes the bottle shrink (in the lower part of the image). Continue reading “Pressure Experiment”
Underwater Bike
‘AKJK Yacht Lift Center’ offers various models of motorcycle-shaped underwater scooters. Get details on their homepage: www.diverbike.com
Chinese Underwater Station
One of the reasons why the first generation of underwater stations came to an end in the 80’s was the conlusion that it is more effective to use decompression chambers on board of a support vessel instead of placing divers on the bottom of the sea. The oil industry just did not see any reason for undersea stations. Therefore it was surprising that China announced in 2012 that they planned to build an undersea mining station of 60 meters length Continue reading “Chinese Underwater Station”
on air again
After UnderwaterPromotion.com was fataly hacked we asked ourselves if we should use the opportunity to restart completely and get rid of the ‘Promotion’ that caused too much trouble in the net. So we came to ‘Calamar Park‘ with emphasis on investigation and development for a life under the sea. Well, let’s see where the rabbit hole goes.