Japanese Power Plant Turns Saltwater Into Electricity
Japanese Power Plant Turns Saltwater Into Electricity
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Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant – so what is it and how does it work?
The site in Fukuoka is only the second power plant of its type in the world, harnessing the power of osmosis to run a desalination plant in the city
It's not -a lot- of electricity ... a couple of thousand kWh per day. It's also used to de-salinate ocean water ... of which there's plenty.