river power Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:13:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 FloDrive Turbine – 1kW Hydroelectric Generator to Power Homes in Developing Countries https://www.greenoptimistic.com/flodrive-turbine-hydroelectric-generator-20100708/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/flodrive-turbine-hydroelectric-generator-20100708/#respond Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:13:03 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=8395 Students at Cambridge University have recently created a portable hydroelectric generator that is able to supply up to 1 kW of electricity when installed in free-flowing rivers. Called the “FloDrive Turbine”, this generator could be used to power homes in developing countries, being very easy to install and needing no special equipment or infrastructure. According […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/flodrive-turbine-hydroelectric-generator-20100708/feed/ 0 8395 Power Generating River Turbines To Be Installed Under Famous Parisian Bridges https://www.greenoptimistic.com/paris-water-turbine-bridges-20100630/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/paris-water-turbine-bridges-20100630/#respond Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:49:32 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=8279 After having installed the heating systems of some of their buildings based on underground springs, and mini-windmills on buildings, the people of Paris will have yet another clean energy generation project right under their famous and historical bridges. They call them "hydroliennes", or water turbines, powered by the river Seine (if you haven't visited Paris, you should).

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