May
18
The Scots Get Tidal Power Underway
May 18, 2012 | 2 Comments
Scottish Power Renewables (SPR) installation of a 1MW HS1000 tidal turbine developed by Andritz Hydro Hammerfest, installed in December 2011 has since been undergoing tests in the tidal waters around Orkney. The test device located off Orkney is providing electricity for homes and businesses on the northern Orkney island of Eday to prove that the […]
Feb
17
Pumping Back Some Power
February 17, 2012 | 3 Comments
Worldwide industry and governments pump water and gravity takes the energy back as water flows. It’s a huge field for energy recuperation. Hydrovolts, a hydrokinetic turbine company has made news for its innovative hydrokinetic turbine using software from Autodesk, Inc. for recuperating energy. Hydrovolts big advantage is the price point and installation. The smaller models […]
May
30
Another Kind of Hydropower From Rivers
May 30, 2011 | 1 Comment
At Stanford University researchers have developed a “rechargeable battery” that uses freshwater and seawater to create electricity. Aided by nanotechnology, the battery employs the difference in salinity between fresh and saltwater to generate a current. A power station might be built wherever a river flows into the ocean. Yi Cui, Associate Professor of Materials Science […]
Nov
12
River Power Testing Starts Up
November 12, 2010 | 1 Comment
MITs Technology Review has ran a piece on Free Flow Power of Gloucester Massachusetts. Free Flow’s idea is to set tens of thousands of water flow turbines anchored to the bottom of the Mississippi River that someday could provide more than a gigawatt of renewable energy, enough to power a quarter of a million homes […]
Oct
26
A Mini Hydro Electric Power Generator
October 26, 2010 | 18 Comments
Researchers at Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) have developed a small-scale hydroelectric power plant that solves a number of problems. The construction is so simple, and thereby cost-efficient, that the power generation system is capable of operating profitably in connection with even modest dam heights. The system is concealed in a shaft, minimizing the impact on […]