A hydroelectric generator produces electricity by harnessing the kinetic energy of running water. Now you can not only find stationary larger-scale hydroelectric generators but also portable micro ...

This turbine was installed in New York City’s East River in 2006 as part of the Roosevelt Island TidalEnergy Project – the first licensed commercial tidal power project in the United States. This ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 14, 2003 — The e7, a group of energy companies, has finalized plans to construct a micro-hydro power plant to bring electricity for the first time to Chendebji, a small, remote ...

Hydroelectric turbines may indeed be a non-polluting source of electricity, but their spinning blades can nonetheless kill larger fish that are passing through. A new type is designed not to do so, ...

Rooftops with arrays of tiny wind-powered microturbines and hydro microturbines generating power as water flows through municipal drinking water systems or the outflow of municipal sewage treatment ...

Every day water moves through Tuscaloosa and one company is hoping to harness that energy. The Tuscaloosa City Council has authorized Green Hydro-Generation to perform a feasibility study on ...

While wind and solar attract most of the attention in today’s renewable energy economy, hydroelectric power is quietly undergoing a rebirth of its own. Whereas 20th-century hydroelectric projects are ...

The video "The Genius of Bladeless Vortex Hydropower" explores hydropower as a reliable energy source, addressing ...

A new turbine design underwent 200 hours of testing at the University of Michigan’s Marine hydrodynamics lab, team calculated that the prototype already improves power output of a single turbine blade ...

Fish could soon be migrating downstream with greater safety and in greater numbers because of a new hydro turbines design developed by Alden Research Laboratory and Concepts/NREC. Design of the new ...