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Low Head Turbine Generates Plenty of Power https://hackaday.com/2026/05/22/low-head-turbine-generates-plenty-of-power/
#Greenhacks #Dam #Fan #Generator #Hoverboard #Hydro #Hydroelectricity #Pipe #PVC #Siphon #Turbine

Low Head Turbine Generates Plenty Of Power

Engineering design makes all kinds of tradeoffs. Power trades off with torque, strength trades off with weight, and cost can trade off with quality. For designing a hydroelectric turbine, one of th…

Hackaday

Hackaday [Unofficial]May 22

Low Head Turbine Generates Plenty of Power

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/22/low-head-turbine-generates-plenty-of-power/

Low Head Turbine Generates Plenty Of Power

Engineering design makes all kinds of tradeoffs. Power trades off with torque, strength trades off with weight, and cost can trade off with quality. For designing a hydroelectric turbine, one of th…

Hackaday

ExhibitExplorer May 20

Workers from Mackenzie Country Power Schemes

A group of workers standing in front of a large Caterpillar truck while working with the Mackenzie Country Power Schemes which developed dams at lakes Ohau, Pukaki, and Tekapo.
Waimate Museum and Archives via DigitalNZ

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/44643563/source

#Dams #Hydroelectricity #Museum

CBC North Apr 18

N.W.T. Indigenous groups take step toward ownership of major hydro project
Leaders from more than half a dozen Indigenous groups have signed onto a letter of intent to collaborate on a major hydroelectricity project in the N.W.T. It's a step toward potential Indigenous ownership of the project.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/taltson-letter-of-intent-indigenous-9.7168491?cmp=rss

Tina M Casey Feb 2

In Trump's upside-down war on renewable energy, there is still room for hydropower.

https://cleantechnica.com/2026/02/01/new-pumped-hydro-energy-storage-system-needs-no-mountains/

#hydropower #energystorage #energy #renewableenergy #renewables #energypolicy #us #sustainable #sustainability #electricity #powergeneration #powerplants #hydroelectricity #gogreen #goelectric #decarbonization #energytransition

New Pumped Hydro Energy Storage System Needs No Mountains

A UK startup has developed a new, compact pumped hydro energy storage system that uses lower elevations and sloping hills.

CleanTechnica

Tina M Casey Feb 2

In Trump's upside-down war on renewable energy, there is still room for hydropower.

https://cleantechnica.com/2026/02/01/new-pumped-hydro-energy-storage-system-needs-no-mountains/

#hydropower #energystorage #energy #renewableenergy #renewables #energypolicy #us #sustainable #sustainability #electricity #powergeneration #powerplants #hydroelectricity #gogreen #goelectric #decarbonization #energytransition

New Pumped Hydro Energy Storage System Needs No Mountains

A UK startup has developed a new, compact pumped hydro energy storage system that uses lower elevations and sloping hills.

CleanTechnica

Mathrubhumi English Oct 28, 2025

The Moolamattom Power House, Kerala’s largest hydroelectric station, will undergo a month-long maintenance shutdown from November 11, impacting daily generation by 600 MW. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/moolamattom-power-house-maintenance-electricity-shortfall-laq23b56?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Moolamattom #KeralaPower #Hydroelectricity #PowerGeneration

Cool stuff at the repulse hydroelectric power station

#hydro #hydroelectricity #tasmania

Khurram Wadee ✅May 24, 2025

#Mountain marvel: how one of biggest #batteries in #Europe uses thousands of gallons of #water to stop blackouts | #Energy industry | The Guardian

#GravitaionalBatteries are very reliable.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/24/europe-battery-gallons-water-dinorwig-wales

#Environment #RenewableEnergy #Renewables #Hydroelectricity #UK #Wales

Mountain marvel: how one of biggest batteries in Europe uses thousands of gallons of water to stop blackouts

‘Much-loved’ Dinorwig hydroelectric energy storage site in Wales has a vital role to play in keeping the lights on

The Guardian

Aatube Apr 17, 2025

Rain could be a clean way of generating lots of electricity

Rain could be a clean way of generating lots of electricity #rain #water #hydroelectric #renewable #electricity #hydroelectricity

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2476820-rain-could-be-a-clean-way-of-generating-lots-of-electricity

Rain could be a clean way of generating lots of electricity

Water falls on Earth every day as rain, and now scientists seem to have found a way of using it to create renewable electricity

New Scientist