[bionet.technology.conversion] ENERGY: underwater energy

P2269@com.qz.se ("ENG-LEONG FOO ", MIRCEN-STOCKHOLM) (11/10/89)

Russian scientists have been investigating on the extraction
of gases that are produced from the bottom of the Black Sea.
Reserves of these gases (methane, ethane, ammonia, H2S) are
estimated to be 7600 tonnes and could produce 80 billion Kwh
electricity per year. A new pumping system which can extract
the gases economically, could be installed at power stations
and factories situated on the shores of the Black Sea.