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Installation of world's first swarm power plant in Rhine at St. Goar

Too often we visit technology museums - so when the tech story is over. Now travelers can visit a new energy technology right from the start.

According to German start-up Energyminer, this is the world's first swarm power plant. It is expected to generate approximately two million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year. Currently, three river turbines - known as “Energyfish” - are already operating in the Rhine near St. Goar. Over the course of the year, additional turbines will be added gradually, until a total of 124 are in place in the Rhine; enough for around 500 households. Weighing about 180 kilograms, the machines are anchored to the riverbed, and only a small portion of them is visible from the surface.

I guess the tourist office of St. Goar will offer some more information in the future near the river Rhine with some explanations.

More details in this article in German language:
https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/koblenz/schwarmkraftwerk-im-rhein-engeryminer-st-goar-100.html

I recommend DeepL for translation.

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A lot of new approaches in power generation.

https://cornwallalliance.org/japan-tries-out-osmotic-energy/

"Japan Tries Out Osmotic Energy"

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Residents of the Japanese coastal city of Fukuoka are pioneering the world’s first full-sized osmotic power plant — which generates electricity by mixing fresh water with saltwater. The plant, which opened on August 5, generates about 880,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year, enough to run a nearby desalination facility and supply about 220 nearby homes.

...the first company to open a fully functioning osmotic power plant was the Danish venture firm SaltPower. The plant, located at Nobians saltworks in Mariager, Denmark, uses hollow-fiber forward osmosis (FO) membranes manufactured by the 150-year-old Japanese firm Toyobo Co., Ltd.