Snow power generation will be as effective as photovoltaic power generation

Energy conservation and emission reduction is a hot topic at present, and in today's era of electrification, electric energy is nearly our most vital energy, so all kinds of power generation methods emerge at the historic moment, including environmental protection thermal power generation, environmental protection water power generation and photovoltaic power generation, among which photovoltaic power generation is the most energy saving and environmental protection way of power generation. There's a photovoltaic wire here.

CNMO recently learned that the University of Electric and Communications of Japan, Aomori City and FORTE, a Japanese start-up company, will carry out verification experiments of snow power generation in the near future. Snow power generation uses the temperature difference between snow and the sun to drive a turbine. The experiment will begin in December and will be conducted in the swimming pool of an abandoned school in Japan. ​Experts predict that snow power generation efficiency can rival photovoltaic power generation.

According to media reports, it only takes 0.07 pools of snow (300 cubic meters in a 25-meter swimming pool) to generate the same amount of energy as burning 1 kilogram of gasoline. It is estimated that 47 pools of snow can ensure the per capita annual electricity consumption.

Currently, Japan spends a lot of money on snow removal every year to keep roads clear in winter. The most common method is to use snow trucks and trucks to collect snow and throw it into the sea. This is why experts came up with the idea of generating electricity from snow to make excellent use of this advantage. "Snow is a natural energy source," he suggested. It should not be wasted, it should be used effectively." In addition, there is room to additionally reduce the cost of power generation as the technology matures, according to media reports.

If this technology is successfully developed and pushed overseas, it will be extremely friendly to the northeast region of our country.

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