{"id":679505,"date":"2010-03-02T01:45:29","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T06:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/bourne-energy-debuts-backpack-hydroelectric-plant-for-off-grid-power\/"},"modified":"2010-03-02T01:45:29","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T06:45:29","slug":"bourne-energy-debuts-backpack-hydroelectric-plant-for-off-grid-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/679505","title":{"rendered":"Bourne Energy debuts backpack hydroelectric plant for off-grid power"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/03\/02\/bpp_8WaaZ_69.jpg?w=780\" alt=\"bpp\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> Portable hydroelectric generator to provide up to 500W of renewable power. <\/p>\n<p>California-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bourneenergy.com\/futuremain.html#SPP\">Bourne Energy<\/a> has unveiled a backpack hydroelectric generator that weighs 30 pounds and generates up to 500W of renewable power. The BPP (Backpack Power Plant) can create clean power from any stream deeper than 4 feet. The company also showcased a more-rugged version of the BPP that has been designed for military use. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The BPP-2, which costs about $3000, operates silently with no heat or exhaust emissions. The system is 40% less visible during operations and can be bottom mounted to be totally invisible. To install the BPP, the user has to dig two trenches on opposite sides of a river and insert a lightweight anchor into each. Finally the user will have to run a synthetic rope between the anchors and the BPP.<\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2010\/03\/backpack-hydroelectric-plant\/\">Wired<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: Portable hydroelectric generator to provide up to 500W of renewable power. California-based Bourne Energy has unveiled a backpack hydroelectric generator that weighs 30 pounds and generates up to 500W of renewable power. The BPP (Backpack Power Plant) can create clean power from any stream deeper than 4 feet. The company also showcased a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":421,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-679505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2QLL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/421"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}