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A new class of free-flow turbines could help replace dams


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By John Weier
April-June 2008 (Vol. 9, No. 2)

Hydroelectric turbines would be a terrific form of carbon-free, renewable energy—if they weren’t encased in dams that devastate fish populations, change the course of rivers, and flood untold acres of arable land. Fortunately, innovators such as Swiss-born inventor Philippe Vauthier have been busy trying to separate turbines from dams and have developed a new class of stand-alone, underwater generators that could be powering homes within a year.





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