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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Hydropower Turbines Under The Bridge

pont au change paris photo
photo: Jean-François Gornet via flickr
At the opposite end of the population scale from the remote Alaskan village now powered entirely by a hydrokinetic river turbine, Paris wants in on the hydropower without dams act. As The Guardian reports, the City of Light wants a small number of those lights to be power by the Seine and has opened up bidding for developers to place river turbines (hydroliennes en français) under several bridges, with installation to be completed by next spring.
Article continues: Paris Plans Hydropower Turbines Under Four Seine Bridges

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