Simply put a turbine under water in a river. More consistent power than wind, less environmentally damaging than a dam. I suspect repairing these will be a real pain though. It is bad enough with wind turbines. If they can get a simple enough system though it should make traditional dams a thing of the past.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Water Power
This is among my favorite clean energy technology:

Simply put a turbine under water in a river. More consistent power than wind, less environmentally damaging than a dam. I suspect repairing these will be a real pain though. It is bad enough with wind turbines. If they can get a simple enough system though it should make traditional dams a thing of the past.
Simply put a turbine under water in a river. More consistent power than wind, less environmentally damaging than a dam. I suspect repairing these will be a real pain though. It is bad enough with wind turbines. If they can get a simple enough system though it should make traditional dams a thing of the past.
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