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U.S. Looks to Rediscover Hydropower as Untapped Energy SourceFrom the pipes in water-treatment plants to long-forgotten river turbines, overlooked sources of energy throughout the U.S. are poised to be tapped.By Madeline BodinPublished in the October 2008 issue.

Wave-Powered Boat Goes Beyond Record With Green DesignBy Brian LisiPublished on: March 14, 2008

Verdant Power Free Flow Turbine being deployed in New York City's East River. (Photograph by Kris Unger/Verdant Power, Inc)How it Works /// Traditional hydropower harvests the potential energy of falling water. Hydrokinetic technologies reap energy from water as it moves laterally, either in the flow of a river or in the change of tides. So far, the designs are as diverse as water bodies themselves. GCK Technology in San Antonio has developed a helical turbine; Free Flow Power Corporation, based in Gloucester, Mass, introduced a turbine that is wheel-shaped. Several companies take advantage of a hydrofoil principle. The turbine that Verdant Power installed in New York City's East River looks like a wind turbine tweaked to work underwater. Its blades are shorter and thicker than wind turbines, explains Verdant co-founder Trey Taylor, and the rotor faces downstream of the current, instead of upwind.

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http://www.aquamarinepower.com/technologies/
VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP9MqrQ0vyM
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www.kidsgeo.com/.../0134-the-earths-oceans.php

Simple pictures and maps of oceans

B3..WOWs YOU DO IT LINKS

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B2..WOWs DC ALT, GENERATORS

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http://www.otherpower.com/otherpower_experiments_motor_convert.html
Converting common induction motors to low rpm alternators

Induction motors are commonplace, you'll find them on tools, furnaces, blowers...etc. It is possible to convert them into effective brushless low rpm alternators by installing permanent magnets in the armature. We have performed experiments installing surplus computer hard drive magnets into the armatures. Undoubtedly, a "surplus" magnet is probably not

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http://www.otherpower.com/otherpower_wind_alternators.html
Alternator and Generator Comparison for Wind Power
Vehicle Alternators Homemade PM Alternators PM Converted Induction Motors DC Generators DC Brushless PM Motors Induction Motors
Para Español, traducci�n de Julio Andrade.

Vehicle Alternators
Advantages: cheap, easy to find, pre-assembled.
Disadvantages: high rpms required, gears or pulleys needed, low power output, slip rings need maintenance.
Suitability for Wind Power: POOR

The biggest problem with using car alternators for wind power is that they are designed to rotate at too high a speed to be practical in wind power applications without significant modifications. Even a small, seemingly fast windmill might do most of its work at 600 rpm, not nearly fast enough for a car or truck alternator. This means that
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LINKS ocean and river data

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LINKS

Links
http://www.freeflowinc.com/

http://www.amc.edu.au/

http://www.emec.org.uk/index.asp

http://www.qub.ac.uk/

http://www.ucc.ie/en/

http://www.usyd.edu.au/

http://www.uow.edu.au/index.html

http://www.unsw.edu.au/

http://www.oceanrenewable.com/abo

www.impactlab.com/?tag=underwater

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WATER CHANNELING DEVICES

http://www.freeflowinc.com/ water channeling devices

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FORMULAS - ENGINEERING - HOW IT WORKS

http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/gas-air-systems-t_22.html

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http://www.oceanrenewable.com/about/

http://www.eagle.org/eagleExternalPortalWEB/

Free Document Downloads
FERC Guide to Small Projects
Pumped Storage Project
Hydropower Information Links
Alternative Energy News
American Public Power Association
Bonneville Power Administration
Bureau of Reclamation Hydroelectric Power
Canadian Hydropower Association
Columbia River BPA
Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE)
Edison Electric Institute
EPA Hydropower
FERC Hydropower
Foundation for Water and Energy Education
Home Power
Hydro Research Foundation
Hydro Review Magazine
Idaho National Laboratory Hydropower
International Commission on Large Dams
International Energy Agency
International Hydropower Association
International Journal on Hydropower and Dams
Microhydropower
National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO)
National Hydropower Association
Renewable Energy News
Small Hydropower Europe
Southwestern Power Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Water Wheel Factory

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Directory of Multiple Resources:

Regarding Tidal Power, wave, river, thermal good for wide view of energies catagories

http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Tidal_Power

http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Ocean_Wave_Energy

http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:River_Energy

http://www.energyplanet.info/

http://www.worldofrenewables.com/latest_news/marineenergy/index.1.html

http://www.scottishpowerrenewables.com/default.asp

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http://www.michigangreen.org/article664.html

http://carboncapturereport.org/cgi-bin/dailyreport?PROJID=7&date=20091109#YOUTUBE

http://www.worldofrenewables.com/

http://www.ecofriend.org/

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B..WOWs small WATER WHEELS, PUMPS

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www.builditsolar.com/.../WaterWheel.htm

The Renewable Energy site for Do-It-Yourselfers

Undershot Water Wheel (with a generator hook up instructions--pretty neat or well done)
This is a nicely done undershot water wheel project that blends in well with its setting. Much of the project was done with parts recycled from various sources.

Full details on how to construct the wheel (pdf 3.5 MB)

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http://www.theramcompany.com/drawing.html

How Much Water Will it Pump?
A Brief History Of RAMS
John Whiteburst (1713-1788), of Derby, England, was the first to wittingly grasp the principle involved in the design and erection of a Ram. In 1775 he installed a "hydraulic machine" for the "service of a Brewhouse and other offices"… "at Oulton in Cheshire, the seat of Philip Eagerton, Esq." The water had a fall of 16 feet through a 1 ½ inch pipe, 600 feet long; water was raised somewhat about the same level as the source.
However, the biggest drawback with this machine was that the Impulse Valve was hand-operated. This machine was never improved upon Whiteburst and thus was forgotten.
In 1797, some twenty-two years later, in France, an inventor by the name of Joseph

http://www.theramcompany.com/
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http://www.riferam.com/index.htm

Pump Water Without Electricity or Fuel !!

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4a..VIDEOS OF VARIOUS WATER PARTNERSHIPS AND IDEAS

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www.fair-pr.com/background/hydrogen-produced-...

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.fair-pr.com/background/images/background/hydrogen-produced-by-wave-p.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.fair-pr.com/background/hydrogen-produced-by-wave-power.php&usg=__ajcJgl-aJ4qspbhMG1IZYkCwrIU=&h=424&w=600&sz=44&hl=en&start=106&tbnid=fC8nTo0aIf_2hM:&tbnh=95&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Docean%2Bwave%2Bpower%2Bsystems%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D105
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http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Bourne_Energy


Bourne Energy has a number of floating turbine technologies for use in cost-effectively harvesting water flow in rivers, tides and ocean currents. One of the applications they are also pursuing is water purification and desalination to go along with their systems.
The units are expected to be available by around Q2 2009, with an energy generation cost of around 3-4 cents/kilowatt-hour -- approximately the same as coal and natural gas power.

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YOU TUBE VIDEOS -- 9-9-09
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i3.ytimg.com/vi/F0mzrbfzUpM/default.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list%3Fp%3DBEBCE30B35D2D0D1&usg=__AZcWn_iwD5ySHYURHyRjFsHSwPw=&h=90&w=120&sz=3&hl=en&start=37&um=1&tbnid=yYiZnjICOdpazM:&tbnh=66&tbnw=88&prev=/images%3Fq%3Daquabank%2Bpower%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D21%26um%3D1
You Tube has several videos on Energy Generation Ideas.

Check out the videos:
1..Solar Islands (TM)
2..Renewable energy from the deep ocean


http://www.liquidsculpture.com/fine_art/image.htm?title=FrogPond
The above site is a place with lots of pictures of water drops... kinda neat.
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