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We could. The technology you would use for this is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmotic_power . Unfortunately, it is not currently cost-effective.

The salinity of the Baltic varies but is generally below 13 g/kg, which is a lot less than the salinity of the Atlantic (around 35 g/kg). This corresponds to an osmotic pressure differential around 1.8 kJ/L (1.8 MPa). If you were to build a dam which had a gravity pressure which matched this pressure differential it would be about 180 m high. So, yes, there is plenty of energy in that salinity difference, but getting it out in a cost effective manner is an open problem.



Excellent. Thanks!




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