A report released this morning by Barclays Capital’s Vishal Shah says solar development in China could significantly grow over the next decade, bolstered by a newly launched national feed-in-tariff system.
The feed-in-tariffs could jump start more than eight gigawatts of solar projects over the next three years, according to the Barclays report– see map below for an overview of ongoing projects. Read More »
It’s simple, cutting edge and extremely preliminary. It’s called osmotic power and as of yesterday, Norway’s state power company Statkraft is operating the world’s first osmotic power plant.
The prototype plant, located on the Oslo fjord, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of the Norwegian capital, produces just enough green energy to run a coffee machine (2-4 kilowatts).
How does osmotic power work? The end-goal, like sun or wind generation, is to power a turbine that in turn generates electricity. In the osmotic process that turbine is powered via the pressure created when fresh water flows into seawater.
Photo credit: Statkraft
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