I am the kind of person who always has to know why things are the way they are so my interests range from genetics and biology to politics and what makes people tick.
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Thanks, Dawn. As soon as I read it I thought, ‘why hasn’t this been done before’? Seems so obvious, doesn’t it? Hope it becomes routine for all large cities.
Agreed! It seems as if new[ish] tech is cropping up every day that makes coal obsolete. Plus the new tech revitalises industry and builds the potential for future employment. Win-win. 🙂
Seriously? I literally did not know a thing about it until this morning when I stumbled across it via Twitter.
Why isn’t it being rolled out by every city everywhere? I know Portland is doing it, but I’m not aware of it happening anywhere else. Do you have any more info.?
Hello Meeka. When I was a kid in Vermont they used water turbines in a lot of the rivers and streams / creeks. Farmers used them. I do not think it was a official program it was just something people did.
As for using it in city pipes I do not know of anyplace other than the article you mention. As a city has to pump the water in the pipes wouldn’t that turbine cause either a lack of pressure or need more power to pump? I originally thought of storm water as that is free flowing then thought of the debris problem. Plus the cost of digging up and add thing this pipe into the line would be expensive. So again I think I mislead you on the availability of this idea. I was thinking of the streams of my youth. Sorry. Hugs
No, no! That’s great, Scottie coz you reminded me that we’ve been using water for power almost forever – mills were always built over fast flowing streams so of course it makes sense to have turbines there are well.
I have no idea /how/ mains pressure drinking water is pumped so I don’t know whether the turbines would affect flow. I mean, yes, they would have to affect the flow to an extent, but maybe that’s calculated into the functioning of the turbines themselves. Either way I hope the Portland project turns out to be a success. 🙂
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March 10th, 2019 at 8:23 pm
Genius. Thanks so much for finding this. I’d not heard about water based energy generation being applied in this way either. shared on Twit. x
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March 11th, 2019 at 9:33 am
Thanks, Dawn. As soon as I read it I thought, ‘why hasn’t this been done before’? Seems so obvious, doesn’t it? Hope it becomes routine for all large cities.
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March 11th, 2019 at 9:39 am
indeedy
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March 5th, 2019 at 11:45 am
There are so many other ways to generate usable energy that digging coal and oil out of the ground.
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March 6th, 2019 at 7:58 am
Agreed! It seems as if new[ish] tech is cropping up every day that makes coal obsolete. Plus the new tech revitalises industry and builds the potential for future employment. Win-win. 🙂
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March 4th, 2019 at 6:53 pm
It seems a no-brainer, doesn’t it? Should be implemented everywhere.
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March 4th, 2019 at 8:37 pm
I agree! I’ll have to keep tweeting about this, maybe on #auspol.
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March 4th, 2019 at 11:33 am
Hello Meeka. I must be missing something. This tech has been well known and ready to be implemented anywhere people want it. Hugs
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March 4th, 2019 at 2:58 pm
Seriously? I literally did not know a thing about it until this morning when I stumbled across it via Twitter.
Why isn’t it being rolled out by every city everywhere? I know Portland is doing it, but I’m not aware of it happening anywhere else. Do you have any more info.?
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March 4th, 2019 at 10:29 pm
Hello Meeka. When I was a kid in Vermont they used water turbines in a lot of the rivers and streams / creeks. Farmers used them. I do not think it was a official program it was just something people did.
As for using it in city pipes I do not know of anyplace other than the article you mention. As a city has to pump the water in the pipes wouldn’t that turbine cause either a lack of pressure or need more power to pump? I originally thought of storm water as that is free flowing then thought of the debris problem. Plus the cost of digging up and add thing this pipe into the line would be expensive. So again I think I mislead you on the availability of this idea. I was thinking of the streams of my youth. Sorry. Hugs
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March 6th, 2019 at 8:03 am
No, no! That’s great, Scottie coz you reminded me that we’ve been using water for power almost forever – mills were always built over fast flowing streams so of course it makes sense to have turbines there are well.
I have no idea /how/ mains pressure drinking water is pumped so I don’t know whether the turbines would affect flow. I mean, yes, they would have to affect the flow to an extent, but maybe that’s calculated into the functioning of the turbines themselves. Either way I hope the Portland project turns out to be a success. 🙂
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