Tidal energy
The first report of the European project "Ocean SET 2020" examined 11 countries and found that when it comes to investments in technological developments for marine energy, Italy ranks first in the Mediterranean and second in Europe, after the United Kingdom, with public funding of around €5 million per year.
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The revolution comes from a new membrane that could unlock its potential: if researchers can expand it, making it the size of a stamp, it could provide carbon-free energy for millions of people in coastal nations, where rivers meet the sea. This amount of water could generate 2.6 terawatts (billions of kilowatts), which is comparable to the energy produced by 2000 nuclear plants. The authors assert that energy generated from water could be a crucial resource for the future.Īccording to the data published in the magazine, 37 thousand cubic kilometres of freshwater pours into the sea globally. The results were presented at the 72nd annual meeting of the American Physical Society of Fluid Dynamics and reported in an article in the scientific journal, Science.
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When rivers flow into the sea and saltwater meets freshwater, the difference in the circulating charge can be harnessed to produce energy (it is greater in the sea than in rivers).Ī team of researchers, coordinated by Rutgers University, has developed a technology capable of generating energy from water efficiently. The current focus is on producing energy from water, however, doing so involves complex technological processes.