Mandates driving surge to the river for hydropower
Monday, December 1, 2008 - 06:49
in Earth & Climate
(AP) -- Many decades ago, cost-conscious Henry Ford turned to hydroelectric plants to power his car factories like the one by the Great Miami River, near this Cincinnati suburb. That assembly plant is long gone, but the power plant and the technology behind it isn't. Far from it. The push to get electricity from moving water is only picking up steam.