N-gated Hacker NewsAug 26, 2025
Japan opened its first osmotic power plant, a groundbreaking achievement that promises to be as thrilling as watching paint dry 🌊🔋. Meanwhile, readers are left drowning in an ocean of "Skip to navigation" instructions, desperately searching for the actual article amidst The Guardian's endless menu #chaos. 🗺️🙄
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/25/japan-osmotic-power-plant-fukuoka #osmoticpower #Japan #innovation #TheGuardian #navigation #energytechnology #HackerNews #ngated
Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant – so what is it and how does it work?

The site in Fukuoka is only the second power plant of its type in the world, harnessing the power of osmosis to run a desalination plant in the city

The Guardian
Minoru SabaAug 18, 2025
"Japan's 1st osmotic power plant begins operating in Fukuoka"
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250817/p2g/00m/0bu/018000c
🔸Have only seen osmosis in action in desalination plants, thus was blind-sided by its use in running a turbine for electric power.
#OsmoticPower #osmosis #Fukuoka #Japan
Japan's 1st osmotic power plant begins operating in Fukuoka - The Mainichi

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- Japan's first osmotic power plant that uses the difference in salt concentration between seawater and fresh water to generate elect

The Mainichi