Portland’s New Pipes Harvest Power From Drinking Water

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By Debi Elison-Warsat

How do you like the idea of harnessing energy from drinking water? If you live in Portland, this could be a reality!This new system captures energy as water flows through the city’s pipes, creating hydropower without the negative environmental effects of something such as a dam. The small turbines in the pipes spin in the flowing water sending energy into the generator.”It’s pretty rare to find a new source of energy where there’s no environmental impact,” says Gregg Semler, CEO of Lucid Energy. “But this is inside a pipe, so no fish or endangered species are impacted. That’s what’s exciting.”These …read more

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