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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: 0.415s | source
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p1mrx ◴[26 Aug 25 17:34 UTC] No.45029734[source]▶
> it is expected to generate about 880,000 kilowatt hours of electricity each year

100 kW, in sensible units.

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DavidVoid ◴[27 Aug 25 08:48 UTC] No.45037007[source]▶
I don't see how kilowatts would be more sensible than kilowatt-hours here, especially since the power output might not be consistent.

See also, "Power is not Energy": https://youtu.be/OOK5xkFijPc

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1. shiandow ◴[27 Aug 25 12:41 UTC] No.45038843[source]▶
Kilowatt hour per year is a power unit, and not a particularly useful one in my opinion.
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2. bloak ◴[28 Aug 25 10:16 UTC] No.45050424[source]▶
I totally agree. "kWh/year" might be what people in the industry use (some people still use British Thermal Units, in the USA ...) but for a scientifically literate lay person "about 100 kW" is far easier to understand than "about 880,000 kilowatt hours of electricity each year". (I hope I calculated that correctly.)