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Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant

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301 points pseudolus | 2 comments | 25 Aug 25 02:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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yyyk ◴[26 Aug 25 19:49 UTC] No.45031442[source]▶
It must be very wasteful in water - nearly all low-salinity water is easy to recycle, but here is wasted for a tiny powerplant.
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1. puchatek ◴[26 Aug 25 20:41 UTC] No.45032055[source]▶
It uses high salinity brine that's a byproduct of desalination.
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2. tempestn ◴[26 Aug 25 20:45 UTC] No.45032102[source]▶
Your parent is talking about the "fresh" (treated wastewater) side.