Denmark Group: Old Coal-Fired Plants Can Be Converted to Thermal Energy Storage Facilities

Officials with Denmark-headquartered Aalborg CSP said the company has developed technology that could convert retired ...

Japan's Newest Power Plant Turns Seawater Into Electricity – Here's How It Works

Fukuoaka's osmotic power plant is supplied by local desalination facilities and uses a natural process to generate modest ...
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Scientists generate electricity using only water and pressure inside silicon pores

The Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) scientists and colleagues from the German Electron Synchrotron (DESY), one of the world’s leading particle accelerator centers, discovered that mechanical ...
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Rain could be a clean way of generating lots of electricity

Water droplets falling through a tube have generated enough electricity to power 12 LED lights. Such an approach could one day be used in roof-based systems to harvest lots of clean power from rain.