SSEC engineers draw up plans for a large proof of concept vessel to be built and launched into the Persian gulf. Nicknamed "Eco-spire", it will be a 130 meter tall vertical boat (kind of like one spire of an oil rig, but free floating) capable of housing 80 people. the top 30 meters of the boat will house high efficiency solar panels as well as housing and greenhouses/hanging gardens. below the water it will thin out over the other 100 meters, which houses a laboratory as well as vertical greenhouses and control/propulsion systems. specially designed turbines will be mounted on the exterior to turn ocean currents into power.
it will be 100% green powered and expected to be able to remain at sea indefinitely if needed. projected to be completed Q3 2030
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