{"id":312122,"date":"2025-11-25T05:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T05:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/312122\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T05:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T05:00:09","slug":"generated-24-hours-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/312122\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Generated 24 hours a day’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just as green energy stocks are beginning to rally, French researchers made an important breakthrough in “blue energy,” according to the Institut Polytechnique de Paris’ Polytechnique insights<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Admittedly, blue energy isn’t as well-known or developed as other forms of clean energy<\/a>, like solar and wind. But the outcome of a pilot project in France “could be decisive for the energy transition,” the outlet predicted.<\/p>\n

“Blue energy” is actually a form of green energy<\/a>. As its moniker implies, the energy in this equation is derived from water. Also called “osmotic power,” the process harnesses energy naturally generated at the interface between freshwater and saltwater<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Electrochemical Society<\/a> explained that the innate “pressure” between high-salinity water and freshwater “can be turned into electricity.”<\/p>\n

“The planet naturally makes salt water and fresh water, so we should take advantage of that. It’s free energy,” ECS Vice Chair Andrew Herring explained<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Estuaries and deltas are both junctures where freshwater bodies, such as rivers, meet saltwater.<\/p>\n


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Bruno Mottet and Lyd\u00e9ric Bocquet have been working on a pilot energy project for a decade. Their work takes place in the Rh\u00f4ne delta, where the Rh\u00f4ne flows into the Mediterranean Sea.<\/p>\n

“Electricity from osmotic energy can be generated 24 hours a day, regardless of weather conditions,” Polytechnique insights noted, adding that the infrastructure for osmotic power plants was straightforward compared to similar structures like hydraulic dams.<\/p>\n

According to Polytechnique insights, Mottet and Bocquet’s start-up, Sweetch Energy, commissioned an osmotic power plant capable of generating 4 terawatt-hours (or 1 billion kilowatt-hours) of electricity per year in late 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In March, Earth.org<\/a> covered Sweetch Energy’s efforts to make osmotic power more accessible within the renewables landscape. The site stated that the duo’s breakthroughs could make blue energy a “truly energy-efficient and cost-effective solution” at scale.<\/p>\n

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Ultimately, experts predict that osmotic energy could provide power sufficient to cover “15% of global electricity needs.” Mottet and Bocquet believe it could significantly alter the energy landscape by 2030.<\/p>\n

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