Lost in the woods near a stream, with some empty water bottles, wire, plastic plates, and a stepper motor, *and* you need to charge your smartphone? Try this. OK, so perhaps you wouldn't ever be ...

The theory behind hydropower is very simple: water obeys gravity and imparts the gained kinetic energy onto a turbine, which subsequently drives a generator.  The devil here is, of course, in all ...

Water is still the most important source of renewable energy in Bavaria, Germany, accounting for some 33 percent of all renewable energy produced in the region, as showed by the Bavarian Energy Map.

Never mind those ginormous dam-based hydroelectric generators -- we've got a much smaller version that you can actually use in your backyard. The Pico Hydroelectric Generator was installed within a ...

Traditionally, most of the small hydro electricity generators are designed with “drop” type. If there is a need for a man-made gap, it will require the corresponding civil building. To improve the ...

A small hydro plant has been churning on the Kansas River since 1874. Having withstood over a century of production on a river that could be dubbed a prairie stream, the Bowersock Mills & Power Co.

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba International Corporation (TIC) today announced that it has signed a major contract to supply three 324MVA hydro power generators to Isagen S.A. E.S.P., a leading ...

BENNINGTON — The town received permits for its proposed hydroelectric generator last week, leaving staff encouraged the project could be completed this year but discouraged about renewable energy ...