Remotely-Deployed Benthic Microbial Fuel Cell

A remotely-deployed bottom mooring comprising:

• a base unit;
• a plurality of flukes that are mounted to a perimeter of a bottom portion of the base unit,
• the plurality of flukes are preconfigured to automatically move from a stored position to a deployed position,
• each fluke of the plurality of flukes is adjacent to a side portion of the base unit when in the stored position, and
• each fluke of the plurality of flukes overlaps an adjacent fluke on a bottom of a body of water when in the deployed position;
• a benthic microbial fuel cell, further comprising:
• an anode that is mounted to the bottom portion of the base unit, the anode is:
• embedded in the bottom of the body of water when the self-embedded bottom mooring is deployed, and
• isolated from oxygenated water in an anoxic chamber by the plurality of flukes when in the deployed position;
• a cathode that is attached to the base unit outside the anoxic chamber, the cathode floating in the oxygenated water when the remotely-deployed bottom mooring is deployed;
• and
• at least one sensor device on a circuit between the anode and the cathode.