ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,573, issued on Sept. 9.
"Hydroelectric power generation and desalination" was invented by Ilan Sadeh (Herzliya, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydroelectric power generation system includes at least one conduit extending from beneath the sea surface a predetermined depth into the ground below the sea floor level, a turbine connected to an underground distal end of each of the at least one conduit, and an underground reservoir to collect seawater flowing down through the at least one conduit and the connected turbine. The hydroelectric power generation system may be part of a distributed hydroelectric power generation system...