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This portable USB charger generates energy from any type of moving water and stores it for off-grid use
Due to its compact size, it can be carried anywhere Due to its compact size, it can be carried anywhere The US startup Enomad has developed Estream, a portable water-powered generator that when su...
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Special hydro-power plant can be deployed in a week and could power up to 60 homes
The turbine is based on the principle of a whirlpool, while being both fish friendly and allowing debris to pass through The turbine is based on the principle of a whirlpool, while being both fish fr...
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The world’s first hybrid hydro and floating PV power plant opens in Portugal
Α 220-kW PV installation has been deployed on a hydroelectric dam on Portugal’s Rabagão River. This is the first time the two technologies have been used in tandem at utility scale....
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Hydroelectric Dams Choke the Tribes of the Amazon
Four of the major tribes of the Amazon were united against the plan of the Brazilian government for the construction of hydroelectric dams in the rivers of the largest rainforest on the planet. Fou...
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Energy VS. Ecotourism
The planned Isimba Dam, with the force of the White Nile, would offer the much-needed electricity that the Ugandan government wants, since it could produce 183 megawatts but its reservoir will flood t...
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