/newsroom/taxonomy/term/16113/all en /newsroom/channels/news/zero-carbon-energy-sea-water-step-closer-331215 <p>Researchers at ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ have demonstrated a technique that could enable the production of robust, high-performance membranes to harness an abundant source of renewable energy.</p> <p>Blue energy, also known as osmotic energy, capitalizes on the energy naturally released when two solutions of different salinities mix – conditions that occur in countless locations around the world where fresh and salt water meet.</p> Wed, 26 May 2021 18:16:33 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 267609 at /newsroom