02-23-2015, 06:08 AM
quote:The only way that is would work is if the energy from the sun evaporates water from ocean, and it falls to earth as rain, and is captured at high elevation and allowed to spin turnines on the way down. If you have to first pump water upwards, and then attempt to re-capture SOME of that energy back as it travels down hill, you are walking backwards. For the person capturing the small amount of energy in the water, it is free, but the net is a loss, and I doubt if anyone would support such a net-loss scheme.
Originally posted by whalesong
If Portland can install these water pipes to generate energy 24/7, in any type of weather, and is environmental friendly, then we need to use the same technology here in Puna, Hawaii. Our water pipes on the island are old, and need replacing, which is why it makes even more sense to bring this technology here to Hawaii.
This would also end our need for Geothermal energy. which uses so much of our water for it's drilling. []
Lucid Energyportlands-new-pipes, a Portland-based energy company, has come up with a brilliant idea to harness electricity from the water that flows through a city’s pipes. Small turbines are installed into the pipes which send the energy collected from the flowing water into a power generator.
“It’s pretty rare to find a new source of energy where there’s no environmental impact. But this is inside a pipe, so no fish or endangered species are impacted. That’s what’s exciting,” Gregg Semler, CEO of Lucid Energy, said in a statement.
Read More: http://www.trueactivist.com/portland-jus...ectricity/
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