{"id":380060,"date":"2010-03-01T22:28:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T03:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/green.yahoo.com\/blog\/ecogeek\/1310\/compact-hydroelectric-generator-can-be-carried-like-a-backpack.html"},"modified":"2010-03-01T22:28:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T03:28:00","slug":"compact-hydroelectric-generator-can-be-carried-like-a-backpack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/380060","title":{"rendered":"Compact hydroelectric generator can be carried like a backpack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"portable-hydro\" height=\"183\" src=\"http:\/\/l.yimg.com\/a\/feeds\/us\/grn\/green_ecogeek\/portable-hydro.jpg\" width=\"468\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bourneenergy.com\/futuremain.html#SPP\"><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bourneenergy.com\/futuremain.html#SPP\">Bourne Energy<\/a> has created a portable hydroelectric generator that weighs less than 30 pounds and can be worn like a backpack.<\/p>\n<p>The appropriately-called Backpack Power Plant is capable of generating 500 watts and can quietly produce electricity from a stream four feet or deeper.\u00a0 To install the generator, the user digs a trench on either side of the stream or river for two lightweight anchors.\u00a0 A rope connects the anchors to the generator, keeping it afloat through tension.<\/p>\n<p>It performs best at flow speeds of 2.3 meters per second, but can work at a variety of speeds.\u00a0 It produces no heat or exhaust emissions.<\/p>\n<p>Bourne has designed a more-powerful and lighter version for military use in remote locations.\u00a0 The civilian version will sell for $3,000 and could be used in developing countries or by any hydroelectricity enthusiast.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2010\/03\/backpack-hydroelectric-plant\/\">Wired Science<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/l.yimg.com\/a\/feeds\/us\/grn\/green_ecogeek\/2ce7yahpnic\" width=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bourne Energy has created a portable hydroelectric generator that weighs less than 30 pounds and can be worn like a backpack. The appropriately-called Backpack Power Plant is capable of generating 500 watts and can quietly produce electricity from a stream four feet or deeper.\u00a0 To install the generator, the user digs a trench on either [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3950,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-380060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3950"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}