Posts Tagged hydro power

Oregon Utilities Setting Target of Reducing CO2 Emissions 10% Below 1990 Levels

Posted by Mike Sandru in Green News on November 13, 2010

To decrease the amount of greenhouse emissions 10% below 1990 levels, Portland General Electric (PGE) in Oregon intends to replace coal plants with 2,362 MW wind energy systems and 557 MW of simple-cycle combustion turbines burning natural gas.


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Aquabank – Underground Energy Storage and Production

Posted by Cristi in Wave power on September 5, 2009

Riverbank Power has developed a project that is of high interest. Water gathered in a bungalow on a river shore will fall in a 600m deep gallery where turbines are mounted. The water pressure will rotate the huge turbines which will create electrical power.


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DIY: Make Electricity Using Your Backyard Stream

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Wave power on July 24, 2008

The main idea is simple: find yourself a river, make sure its falling abruptly enough to have the necessary speed and velocity to spin your turbine, and make the necessary piping and flow control system.


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