Turning Water Pipes into Electric Generators

New clean energy sources don’t just come along everyday, but a new technology is combining turbines with gravity fed water pipes to generate hydroelectric power. While traditional hydroelectric energy generation is clean, it usually comes with some environmental impacts from interrupting waterways (endangered species, salmon spawning and eco-system health to name a few). This new in-pipe hydropower generates energy with no apparent adverse impacts.

The LucidPipe Power System uses existing gravity-fed municipal water pipes to generate energy passively through the turning of turbines as the water flows through the pipe. A single LucidPipe unit can produce up to 100kW of power from a standard 60-inch-diameter pipeline. https://thechicecologist.com/green-design/lucidpipe-renewable-hydropower/