[ExI] Osmotic power plant

Eugen Leitl eugen at leitl.org
Wed Nov 25 19:26:31 UTC 2009


On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 01:09:32PM -0200, Henrique Moraes Machado wrote:
> This looks interesting.
> 
> Mix salt water with fresh water and there you have it: instant 
> carbon-neutral energy.  The process is called osmotic power, and a company 
> called Statkraft has just opened the world's first osmotic power plant in 
> Norway.
> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/11/24/worlds-first-osmotic-power-plant-opens/ 

Much more interestingly, you can use a similar process for desalination.


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