Micro Hydro Essentials - Green Living Ideas

Micro Hydro Essentials

Posted on May 16, 2008 by GLI Editors.

If you’re an alternative energy advocate seeking for ways to green your living and you happen to live by a river or creek, you might be in luck.  We all know energy is generated by building dams over giant underwater turbines, but this technology doesn’t have to be built on such large scales.
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Tapping Fluid Power

Posted on May 14, 2008 by GLI Editors.

In the past, most residential hydro systems were installed off-grid, but the numbers are growing for environmental, grid-wired generators.
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Advantages/Disadvantages of Hydropower

Posted on Oct 12, 2007 by GLI Editors.

Hydropower (which is referred to as micro hydro when used in home-based installations) currently provides 10 percent of the electricity used in the United States and 20 percent of all electricity production worldwide.  In Norway, 99 percent of electricity comes from hydropower, making Norway a leading nation in the use of alternative energy.

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