How much renewable energy can you generate by inserting turbines in municipal water pipes? Portland may have the answer. There is an exception, however. If the water flows naturally from a higher ...

The misconception that 'clean water won't damage pipes'1.1 It is often assumed that pipe damage is caused by dirty water or ...

Lucid Energy, a Portland, OR-based hydrokinetics start-up company, has pioneered what it calls a "water-to-wire energy recovery solution" that allows large, gravity-fed pipes to moonlight as electric ...

Underlying the policy debate on energy is a fault line – a chasm between two basically different approaches. Not the usual one between big centralized and small decentralized energy, although that is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every day water flows through thousands of miles of municipal pipes, arriving at homes and businesses ready to drink and use. As ...