The Environmental Review

How Raindrops Can Be Turned into Electricity


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Today’s episode is all about rain — but not the kind that ruins your beach day. Instead, we’re looking at how raindrops themselves could become tiny power plants.

A 2025 study from the National University of Singapore, published in ACS Central Science, has shown that water droplets can be used to generate clean, renewable electricity using a brand-new method. It's called plug flow, and it might just change how we think about everyday rain.

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