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WithinReason
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Desalination system could produce freshwater that ...
As water with different salinity levels mixes entropy increases, so you can gain energy. You could build a power plant around the water mixing:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150610-blue-energy-how-...
aqme28
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You're using solar energy to separate the saltwater from freshwater. You're not going to gain any more energy than that from mixing them back again, so this idea is just solar with extra steps.
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The extra step being the gain of freshwater
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