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Why don't we make [more] use of water wheels?
coppice:
--- Quote from: mr ed on April 07, 2024, 12:59:46 pm ---In the Canadian province of Quebec, water wheels generate 40TW :-). Big wheels!
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That would be most impressive, but I think you made a 3 orders of magnitude slip up. Hydro-Quebec only claims a capacity of 37.2GW.
langwadt:
--- Quote from: coppice on April 07, 2024, 01:05:10 pm ---
--- Quote from: mr ed on April 07, 2024, 12:59:46 pm ---In the Canadian province of Quebec, water wheels generate 40TW :-). Big wheels!
--- End quote ---
That would be most impressive, but I think you made a 3 orders of magnitude slip up. Hydro-Quebec only claims a capacity of 37.2GW.
--- End quote ---
yeh, 40TW would be close to four times the global capacity ...
wilfred:
Youtuber Marty-T in New Zealand has a few videos on his channel about using a rewired old washing machine motor for water generated power.
kkayser:
The obvious answer is that they cost more to build and maintain than the value of the power generated.
soldar:
--- Quote from: coppice on April 07, 2024, 01:05:10 pm ---
--- Quote from: mr ed on April 07, 2024, 12:59:46 pm ---In the Canadian province of Quebec, water wheels generate 40TW :-). Big wheels!
--- End quote ---
That would be most impressive, but I think you made a 3 orders of magnitude slip up. Hydro-Quebec only claims a capacity of 37.2GW.
--- End quote ---
Not only that but they do not have water wheels at all, they have dams and turbines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydro-Qu%C3%A9bec
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