China's SCS Strategy Thread

[Qi_1528]

They may be able to use this to power direct-energy weapons on the island later.

Such weapons require a lot of power. These wave power stations are a good idea, but I doubt they could meet demand. The guy quoted in the article above stated it would be difficult to produce enough power for military radar.

 

[plawolf]

Those wave farms are not going to be able to produce enough current to power energy weapons "on tap", but depending on capacitor technology they could easily trickle charge capacitors and batteries for energy weapons, but it would take a while to charge them up again after you deplete your stored energy reserves.

I always thought wind farms would be the way forwards.

Its green, proven tech that doubles as a neat way to stop FON patrols from getting too close without having to resort to crude intimidation tactics.

Although I think storms would be a massive factor to consider in determining the viability of building large scale wind farms in the region.

 

[a1a2a3a4a5a6a]

A hypothetical 10 KWh bank of super-capacitors weighing about a SUV, may support a 10 MW energy burst for less than 3.6 seconds and recharge in more than 360 seconds with a 100 KW wave farm.

 

[delft]

Those wave farms are not going to be able to produce enough current to power energy weapons "on tap", but depending on capacitor technology they could easily trickle charge capacitors and batteries for energy weapons, but it would take a while to charge them up again after you deplete your stored energy reserves.

I always thought wind farms would be the way forwards.

Its green, proven tech that doubles as a neat way to stop FON patrols from getting too close without having to resort to crude intimidation tactics.

Although I think storms would be a massive factor to consider in determining the viability of building large scale wind farms in the region.

The rotor blades might be folded away as are those of V-22 Osprey. Perhaps have a pylon carry a nacelle with on the windward side a high wind speed turbine with more than three small rotor blades that can be feathered and on the leeward side a three rotor blade low wind speed rotor of which the rotor blades can also be folded away, so that the wind forces the nacelle to always point into the wind. That would need less land area for desired power production at low to very high wind speed. Still no power production at very low and very high wind speeds.

 

[Blackstone]

Sinopec building a filling station on Woody Island, and it begs the question when a filling station will be built in the southern part of the 9-dash line.

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BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese oil major Sinopec is building a filling station on an island in the South China Sea, as China continues to expand its civilian infrastructure in the disputed waterway, entrenching its reach in the maritime heart of Southeast Asia.

The filling station and accompanying storage tank on Woody Island in the Paracels will take a year to complete, the company, whose listed flagship is Sinopec Corp , said on its microblog on Monday.

Woody Island has a population of roughly 1,000 and Chinese travel agents began offering five-day cruises to the Paracels, a cluster of close to 40 islets, outcrops and reefs in 2013.

The filling station and storage tank will satisfy fuel needs in Chinese-controlled islands and reefs in the South China Sea over the next few years, the post said.

"Nouveaux riches, go fishing in Sansha city, and remember to bring your filling card," it quipped, referring to an outpost in the South China Sea centred around Woody Island.

China took full control of the Paracels in 1974 after a naval showdown with the South Vietnamese, and there have been incidents ever since. Taiwan also claims the Paracels.

China claims almost all of the energy-rich waters of the South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion of maritime trade passes each year. The Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam, Malaysia and Taiwan have overlapping claims.

The United States has criticized Beijing's building of artificial islands in the disputed Spratly archipelago, south of the Paracels, and has conducted sea and air patrols near them.

China's navy has in recent days carried out more exercises in the disputed waterway, the country's defence ministry said on Sunday, calling them routine drills.

 

[Equation]

Sinopec building a filling station on Woody Island, and it begs the question when a filling station will be built in the southern part of the 9-dash line.

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Since 99.9% of the world doesn't care what China does to it's sovereignty, I will say soon rather than later.

 

[delft]

Sinopec building a filling station on Woody Island, and it begs the question when a filling station will be built in the southern part of the 9-dash line.

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What in this context is a filling station?

 

[Blackstone]

What in this context is a filling station?

It sounds like a filling station and not a civil/military depot.

 

[delft]

It sounds like a filling station and not a civil/military depot.

But what purpose does it serve and how was that purpose served earlier? If it takes a year to build it must be very big. Or is it a translation error and will it get build this year or the beginning of next year?

 

[Blackstone]

I don't know. Woody Island has plenty of development already, but I suppose a filling station is still useful for the 1,000 inhabitants of the island.