EBMUD project to generate power while delivering drinking water
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.
Watch CBS News
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.
With the State steering away from fossil fuels, the push to go all-electric is creating a huge demand for carbon-free power. But in Sonoma County, even staunch environmentalists are shocked by a proposal to turn one area of the unspoiled Sonoma Coast into, in effect, a gigantic battery.
A startup business that places small energy-generating turbines in irrigation canals -- including systems in Oakdale east of Manteca -- plans to scale up its technology for carbon-free hydropower around the country.
