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Originally Posted by Jaymoss
I have seen videos recently of magnetic generators made of of simple motors that allegedly generate upto 10 KW of electricity basically just for the cost of the generators and they are not that massive either. I am not a physicist is this actually possible? and if it is why are there not systems on the market.
I do not get why the power of nature is not getting harnessed more. We have vast rivers in this country surely it would be easy to have multiple run off per mile generating energy. I saw this one guy on you tube living off the grid simply using solar in the summer and then tapping energy from a near by stream in the winter months. I just do not get it.
The billions they are paying for this energy price cut down could be paid towards giving most houses a solar powered system. Yes the one off cost would be massive but the rewards would get that way down the line.
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There are micro-hydro schemes all over the place, the problem is they just don’t generate enough electricity to be a magic bullet. They do what they can but they’re a small part of the energy mix.
You can’t interfere with a river every mile of its length because that would have a cumulative effect on the character of the river downstream. The energy you get from a hydro turbine isn’t conjured up from nowhere - it is extracted from the kinetic energy of the water, and once it has been removed from the river, the river doesn’t behave in quite the same way as before.
There already is a government grant scheme for solar panels and the recent VAT cut on energy also applies to solar panel installations.
(Edit). This micro hydro scheme is up where I used to live. It can generate 100kW when there’s enough water - and these schemes do particularly well in the Scottish highlands, were there is always a lot of water and plenty of fast-flowing streams running down steep hillsides. There are far fewer opportunities to install similar schemes near the UK’s main population centres.
https://buchananhydro.coop/location-and-design/