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Generating electricity from river water and salty ocean water

 “Stanford researchers have developed a rechargeable battery that uses freshwater and seawater to create electricity. Aided by nanotechnology, the battery employs the difference in salinity between fresh and saltwater to generate a current. A power station might be built wherever a river flows into the ocean.” Read more at http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/march/saline-rechargeable-battery-032811.html

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