The Japanese city of Fukuoka is the second in the world to harness the power of osmosis to generate electricity for surrounding areas. reading time 2 minutes Scientists believe saltwater could become ...

Japan has brought its first osmotic power plant online in Fukuoka, marking the world’s second such facility and the first in Asia. The Fukuoka District Waterworks Agency said the plant began ...

Imagine generating power not from sunlight or wind, but from the simple mixing of fresh and salt water. This is the quiet promise of osmotic energy, a renewable energy source generated where river ...

Japan's first osmotic power plant that uses the difference in salt concentration between seawater and fresh water to generate electricity began operations in early August in a southwestern prefecture.

Japan inaugurated its first commercial osmotic power plant in Fukuoka, producing 880,000 kWh annually by leveraging desalination brine. Osmotic energy, recently named a top emerging technology by the ...