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Japanese Power Plant Turns Saltwater Into Electricity (www.theguardian.com)
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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.

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Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant – so what is it and how does it work? (www.theguardian.com)
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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

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Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant – so what is it and how does it work? (www.theguardian.com)
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