29 Jan '14 13:36>1 edit
http://phys.org/news/2014-01-seafloor-carpet-energy.html
They claim much more energy harvested from this system per square meter much higher than solar. 1 meter squared enough to generate all the energy needs of a single house. 2000 watts presumably. That is more than ALL the energy from the sun on one square meter, ~1300 watts from the sun.
So it would be impossible to even get half that, a kilowatt from solar in one square meter.
I'm guessing it would be using peizoelectric power generation. That would certainly be the simplest way but not sure how efficient they are at generating power.
They claim much more energy harvested from this system per square meter much higher than solar. 1 meter squared enough to generate all the energy needs of a single house. 2000 watts presumably. That is more than ALL the energy from the sun on one square meter, ~1300 watts from the sun.
So it would be impossible to even get half that, a kilowatt from solar in one square meter.
I'm guessing it would be using peizoelectric power generation. That would certainly be the simplest way but not sure how efficient they are at generating power.