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Osmotic Power
Power From Seawater: First Prototype Out, More to Come
FRESH WATER RUSHES TOWARD SALT WATER.
PRESSURE BUILDS. POWER IS PRODUCED. NORWAY‟S FIRST PLANT OPENS BUT
OTHERS ARE LOOKING AT IT AS WELL.
Statkraft is the world’s leader in the development of osmotic power. Osmotic power is
clean, renewable energy, with a global potential of 1 600 to 1 700 TWh – equal to China’s
total electricity consumption in 2002.
ON TUESDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2009, HER ROYAL HIGHNESS CROWN PRINCESS METTE-MARIT
OF NORWAY WILL BE OPENING THE WORLD’S FIRST OSMOTIC POWER PLANT AT TOFTE,
OUTSIDE OSLO.
Statkraft says a pilot facility that uses saltwater and freshwater to
generate power could mark a next new source of renewable energy. The
world‟s first osmotic power plant opened today at Tofte, outside of Oslo.
And it included a royal kickoff from the Crown Princess Mette-Marit of
Norway, who pushed the button that set the turbines in motion.
Osmotic power plant opens, with commercial scale ambitions