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Estuary Power? Mixing salt and fresh water = clean electricity (1 kW per liter/second)

Now That's a Clever Source of Power!
When you mix fresh water with salt water, a reaction happens so that a new salinity equilibrium can be reached. This dissipates energy that could be harnessed and turned into clean electricity using a new technique developed by Doriano Brogioli of the University of Milan Bicocca in Monza, Italy. Are we about to enter the era of "estuary power"?

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