A miniature hydroelectric turbine that can generate electricity from water pipes
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The excess pressure in water pipes can be used to spin miniature hydroelectric turbines, providing an underutilised source of clean energy. Some envision a distributed network of small turbines serving as a form of reliable storage to back up wind and solar power.
“I think it is a very under-tapped resource,” says Shannon Ames at the Low Impact Hydropower Institute, an environmental non-profit based in Massachusetts. “The infrastructure is there; adding a turbine into the infrastructure makes a lot…
