Green Options » kiski river http://greenoptions.com/tag/kiski-river Posts tagged 'kiski river' Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:46:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Plastic Electrical Grid Will Generate Power at Bottom of PA River http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/29/plastic-electricity-grid-will-generate-power-at-bottom-of-pa-river/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/29/plastic-electricity-grid-will-generate-power-at-bottom-of-pa-river/#comments Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:46:25 +0000 Ariel Schwartz http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/29/plastic-electricity-grid-will-generate-power-at-bottom-of-pa-river/ kiski river

Vandergrift, PA is ditching its longtime reputation as a steel town to become a model of sustainability. First up in the transition: installing a grid of electricity-generating smart materials on the bottom of the Kiskiminetas River. The town hopes that the grid—along with a healthy dose of energy conservation efforts—will generate between 20 and 40 percent of the town’s electricity.

The underwater grid will consist of flexible strips of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), a material that generates electricity upon movement. In this case, currents in the river will provide the grid with the necessary undulations.

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