
Home Contact About EcoGeek.org NOV 30 Recent Comment Again . Another step towards energy self-sufficiency . Such works and st . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Using Osmosis to Generate Clean Energy Written by Philip Proefrock on 30 11 09 Solar . Wind power . Wave power . Geothermal . Tidal power . If you're a regular EcoGeek reader , you're probably pretty familiar with the different major power generating alternatives to the burning of non-renewable fossil materials . But still , osmotic power generation is likely something you haven't heard of before . Your first question is likely How do you use osmosis to generate electricity Osmosis is a process whereby water with two different concentrations of solution in this case , salt is separated by a semi-permeable membrane . Fresh water is able to pass through the membrane to the salt water side , but salt water cannot cross back in the other direction . This causes an increase in pressure on the salt water side , and this pressure difference is used to run a turbine which produces . electricity Statkraft , a Norwegian renewable power company , has begun operations to use this