The world’s first osmotic power plant opens

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http://www.norwaypost.no/content/view/22801/1/

Today, on Tuesday, 24 November, Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit
will be opening the world�s first osmotic power plant at Tofte,
outside Oslo, after a one-year development period.

The plant generates power by exploiting the energy available when
fresh water and seawater are mixed.

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.....the global potential of osmotic power is estimated to be
1,600-1,700 TWh per annum, equivalent to 50 percent of the EU�s total
power production. Osmotic power plants can, in principle, be located
wherever fresh water runs into the sea; they produce no noise or
polluting emissions and they can be integrated into existing
industrial zones, for example, in the basements of industrial
buildings.