Great Britain has created a new source of electricity - Anaconda generator

British scientists have developed a new alternative device for generating electricity, the newspaper The Daily Mail writes. This device looks like a giant snake, but it is possible that in five years it will be used everywhere, and not only in the United Kingdom.

The unusual Anaconda generator (Anaconda) is a huge rubber pipe (more than 180 m long), one end of which is attached by a cable to a float, anchored in turn at the bottom of the ocean, and the second - hangs freely. There is also water inside the pipe.

The "snake" floats at some depth (without disturbing the vessels). The passage of waves over the Anaconda causes the deformation of its shell. Moreover, a thickening wave runs through the pipe in the same direction as the waves on the sea surface go. This wave generates a reciprocating movement of water inside the pipe, which drives the turbines located in the "tail of the snake."

Thus, the design uses a minimum of metal and moving parts, the “snake” is indifferent to salt water, storms and other “vicissitudes of fate”, which can shorten the life of another type of wave power station.

Each anaconda can produce up to one megawatt of electricity. According to developers from the Checkmate group, 50 such rubber snakes of "incredibly low" cost will be able to supply electricity to 50 thousand British homes.

The 9-meter version of the anaconda is currently undergoing the last test phase to confirm effectiveness in the QinetiQ test tank in Hampshire. This is the largest tank in the United Kingdom that can simulate the strength and frequency of ocean waves.

A sample of the “pipe” (one third of the final version) can be built as early as next year and tested directly at sea. And within five years, full-scale models should appear.

The developers hope to conduct research in real conditions over the next three years, after which the commercial production of anacondas will be launched.

Although it’s too early to talk about the cost of such anacondas, the developers are confident that this will be an affordable source of energy. In addition, thanks to these snakes it will be possible to create a significant supply of jobs in the field of renewable energy sources in the UK and even produce them for export to those countries where natural conditions allow them to be used - in particular, to the USA and Australia.