Reuters reports that Norway has built an osmotic power planet.
It will generate a whopping 2 kilowatts of power - about enough to power a coffee machine.
Norway has massive reserves in the North Sea, is the world's second largest energy exporter and already generates large amounts of carbon-free 'white' energy via extensive hydro schemes.
Hundreds of millions were undoubtedly sunk into the osmotic coffee machine project.
Is this an indication of the same 'low-carbon' future we are headed for in Australia?
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
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Actually steve why not look to Spain where they're building 2,440MW of 75% Capacity factor Solar Thermal plants in the next 3 years.
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of coffee machines..
on they're also installing 1500MW of rooftop Photovoltaic and 6,000MW of Wind power in the same period.
Spain's transition to a low-carbon renewable energy fantasy has also resulted in 22% unemployment.
ReplyDeleteAnd maybe you can tell me how many of those 2,440 megawatts will be available to power Spain's hospitals, schools and businesses on a cloudy day.