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World’s first salt power plant opens tomorrow

by thomas on November 23, 2009 (Feature image by Statkraft)

Osmotic power membranes coiled up inside pressure vessels

Starting tomorrow, the world’s first power plant generating power from salt water will be opened at Tofte in Norway.
Back in May, I did a little roundup of various ways to get power from water. One of the more experimental technologies I mentioned was salt power – or osmotic power, which is the more precise (and [...]

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Following up my roundup of renewable energy sources, it’s now time for a look at water power (also called hydropower and hydraulic power) and its main uses.
Please note: Although tidal power and wave power are also forms of water power, I think they’re interesting enough to merit their own posts later. In this post, I’ll [...]

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