EBMUD project to generate power while delivering drinking water

PIX Now Afternoon Edition 12-11-23

OAKLAND – The East Bay Municipal Utilities District is installing a device designed to generate electricity by using the movement of water through its drinking water delivery system.

The installation of the "in-conduit hydroelectricity" system will generate 130,000 kilowatt hours of emissions-fee power per year, according to EBMUD officials.

A typical home uses about 11,000 kilowatt hours per year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

The new system is designed by InPipe Energy, a California-based clean energy company.

"EBMUD is always looking for innovative opportunities to meet our goal to become a carbon-neutral enterprise and contribute to fighting climate change," said EBMUD Board Member Marguerite Young.

The InPipe system is part of a pilot program that will be evaluated at some point to see if it should be continued or expanded. 

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