Lost in the woods near a stream, with some empty water bottles, wire, plastic plates, and a stepper motor, *and* you need to charge your smartphone? Try this. OK, so perhaps you wouldn't ever be ...

Never mind those ginormous dam-based hydroelectric generators -- we've got a much smaller version that you can actually use in your backyard. The Pico Hydroelectric Generator was installed within a ...

The first time 52-year-old Juliana Balweg-Baawa switched on the light in her home, she jumped for joy. “My children can study at night!” Balweg-Baawa, a native of Mataragan village in the rugged ...

A shared vision has become a reality for two men who live along Ruedi Creek. A backyard hydroelectric plant built by Tom Golec and Jerry Peters is up and running. The plant is generating electricity ...

A hydroelectric project on Ruedi Creek is expected to be producing green-friendly electricity within a month. Dreamed up by two men who live along the creek, the plant will generate enough electricity ...

Water is still the most important source of renewable energy in Bavaria, Germany, accounting for some 33 percent of all renewable energy produced in the region, as showed by the Bavarian Energy Map.