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There's a patch between Denmark and Norway which is ~700m deep. This a few hundred kms north of Germany. This is actually closer to most of Germany's wind generation than Bavaria, which is much further south.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marie_Maar/publication/...

I'm not very bullish on the technology however, maintaining anything in the ocean is a difficult challenge. My guess is a mixture of batteries and power to gas would probably wind up being easier to scale up, and cheaper in the long run.




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