Thursday, August 28, 2008

And Energy from Flowing Water

With so many wind turbine designs, there had to be some innovative attempts at harnessing power from flowing water. The Gorlov Helical Turbine: http://www.gcktechnology.com/GCK/pg2.html is a turbine designed to generate electricity from flowing water. A very interesting design and one that has many applications around the world. The system could be used very effectively to harness tidal power - India / Pakistan / Bangladesh / Sri Lanka - are you listening?

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