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It's not -a lot- of electricity ... a couple of thousand kWh per day. It's also used to de-salinate ocean water ... of which there's plenty.

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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

If they're mostly using electricity or even combustion to evaporate the water (as opposed to sunlight), there's no chance that the concentrated saltwater creates more electricity than it costs - it's only maybe useful if the saltwater is actually a waste product.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They're using brine from a reverse osmosis plans and wastewater, so yes, that is indeed the case.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Far cry from "perpetual free energy scheme", though.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I don't think anyone claimed it was.

[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

It’s the misleading “generated” electricity headline. It just re-captures some of the spent energy to be slightly more efficient.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

It seems like every other top level reply in this thread is people poking holes in it based on their personal speculation about the details.