Can you farm the energy of electric eels?

It is possible to harness the energy, but at the moment not practical or profitable. Although this would be extremely inefficient for practical daily use, there is an aquarium in Japan that uses electric eels to power it's Christmas tree. read more

No. Electric eel is too small to produce commercial electricity. An eel is good enough only to light up 10 watts bulb for 8 hours the most. If we can rear a few thousands of 500 kg or heavier electrical eels then maybe we can farm and use their electrical energy for commercial usage. read more

The Electric eel is not an eel at all, it’s an electric fish. They’re members of the electric fish family, that include the knifefish, and the ghost fish. The eel’s 2nd closest relative is the catfish. read more

Never mind PETA — those eels can take care of themselves. Often reaching eight feet in length, an electric eel is capable of leaping out of the water to zap you with a charge of up to 600 volts, which probably won’t do you any permanent harm but may make you rethink some of your life choices. And you can’t just trawl for them, either. read more