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comment by JackTheBandit
JackTheBandit  ·  3526 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Portland now generating power with turbines in ordinary water pipelines

I believe they are installing these instead of pressure reduction valves on down hill water flow. So it's basically a beneficial idea in a specific scenario. Not something to be applied generally.





user-inactivated  ·  3526 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, except that even in flat places there's at least a little elevation change. It's by no means technology that only Portland can use.