Backpack Power Plant offers hydroelectricity on the move

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Bourne Energy's Backpack Power Plant is ultra-portable at under 3 feet long and weighing less than 30 pounds (Image: Bourne Energy)

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Hydroelectric power specialist Bourne Energy has developed a human-portable hydroelectric generator which can create clean, quiet power from any stream deeper than four feet. The "Backpack Power Plant", which joins the company's Riverstar, Oceanstar and Tidalstar designs, is aimed at bringing cheap, practical energy technology to remote areas.

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