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  Power Engineering - Norway's Statkraft to build world's first osmotic power plant 

  http://pepei.pennnet.com/display_article/308031/6/ARTCL/none/none/Norway's-Statkraft-to-build-world's-first-osmotic-power-plant/

  Norway's Statkraft to build world's first osmotic power plant 4 October 2007 - Norwegian power company Statkraft has decided to build the world's first prototype osmotic power plant adding it was also ... stepping up its initiatives to develop the technology further. Osmotic power is a renewable energy source. Calculations indicate that the technology could contribute around 1600 TWh on a global basis annually, according to the Norwegian power producer. Osmotic power is based on the natural process of osmosis. In an osmotic power plant, seawater and fresh water are separated by a membrane. The seawater draws the fresh water through the membrane, thereby increasing the pressure on the seawater side. The increased pressure is used to produce power. After ten years of research and development, Statkraft said it believe the time is now right to build the first osmotic power plant prototype and is therefore stepping up its initiatives and investments to develop the technology. With this decisio   [More...] [Less...]

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  Tags:  osmosis, osmotic, power, renewable