Evaporation energy could provide 2.85M megawatt hours of electricity each year

In a world in which much energy is wasted, whether through food waste, poor insulation, or inefficient appliances, valuable renewable energy may indeed be disappearing into thin air. Scientists at Columbia University and elsewhere seek to harness the potential power of energy generated from evaporating water. According to Ozgur Sahin of Columbia University, water evaporating from the United States (excluding the Great Lakes) could provide up to 2.85 million megawatt hours of electricity per year,...

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