Japanese researchers begin study into electricity generation from snow

AOMORI – Researchers within the metropolis of Aomori have begun to check the right way to generate electrical energy from snow, with the purpose of securing a renewable vitality supply to cowl potential energy shortages.

Town of Aomori, which sees heavy snow yearly, began a trial in a swimming pool at an deserted elementary college in December to discover the feasibility of manufacturing vitality by using the temperature distinction between saved snow and the encircling air.

Within the joint venture, native data know-how startup Forte Co. and the College of Electro-Communications in Tokyo want to energy a turbine with vitality produced when liquid cooled by saved snow is then vaporized by the warmth of the encircling air.