Blue Energy

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The Protection of the environment is a concern for all of us. The renewable energies have a fundamental paper in reducing the greenhouse emission. One of the major concerns in renewable energy besides the associated high costs is variability and intermittency. The intermittent occurs when the power source is interrupted or unavailable unintentionally, while variability occurs as a power source may exhibit unwanted or uncontrolled changes in the output. The Blue Energy is also a renewable energy, but less discussed, which has the great advantage of other energies of not being intermittent and available at any time and circumstance, can be generate electricity using a mix of two different waters (fresh and salt water). When fresh and salt water are joined, salinity energy can be extracted, converting in electricity. The amount of the potential salinity extraction is 2.4 to 2.6 TW.