This could be of interest to anyone who lives near a river, especially in a rural location over there...
http://www.digitaltrends.com/home/porta ... r-turbine/
Portable River Turbine
Portable River Turbine
My brain is like an Internet browser; 12 tabs are open and 5 of them are not responding, there's a GIF playing in an endless loop,... and where is that annoying music coming from?
Re: Portable River Turbine
What happens the first time floating debris rams it or fouls the blades? Ah, but the real problem is the same one with small, cheap wind turbines. The expensive and complicated part of any flow powered turbine is automatically preventing overrun. This one doesn't have it.
Re: Portable River Turbine
Combine a few of these in your garden with the turbine above in a nearby river and you could probably be energy independent...
"Plant a Wind Tree in your neighborhood to generate energy from low-speed wind"
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/wind-trees-t ... 18740.html
"Plant a Wind Tree in your neighborhood to generate energy from low-speed wind"
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/wind-trees-t ... 18740.html
My brain is like an Internet browser; 12 tabs are open and 5 of them are not responding, there's a GIF playing in an endless loop,... and where is that annoying music coming from?
Re: Portable River Turbine
They're still expensive 48,000€hhfarang wrote:Combine a few of these in your garden with the turbine above in a nearby river and you could probably be energy independent...
"Plant a Wind Tree in your neighborhood to generate energy from low-speed wind"
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/wind-trees-t ... 18740.html
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Re: Portable River Turbine
hhfarang wrote:Combine a few of these in your garden with the turbine above in a nearby river and you could probably be energy independent...
"Plant a Wind Tree in your neighborhood to generate energy from low-speed wind"
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/wind-trees-t ... 18740.html
Another genius idea: http://waterseer.org/
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