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Science and Technology:

¶ A team of international scientists from Switzerland and the United States developed a powerful osmosis power plant capable of generating more power than any osmotic power generator that has come before. An osmosis power plant creates power by use of a membrane separates salt water from fresh. [Nature World News]

Power can be made where salt water meets fresh. (Photo: 27707 / Pixabay)

World:

¶ Brazil’s state-owned energy research firm EPE said 35,147 MW of wind and solar projects have registered for the second reserve energy auction, scheduled for December. Overall, 1,260 renewable energy projects will compete for contracts. This tender will award 20-year solar and wind power supply contracts. [SeeNews Renewables]

¶ The TechnoCentre éolien has been granted Canadian federal financial contribution of about $3 million to continue its role as a catalyst in Quebec wind energy. This financial support, which will…