Thanks to Bourne Energy, you can carry a Backpack Power Plant
Bourne Energy’s new hydroelectric generator called the Backpack Power Plant, comes in two versions – military and civilian. Both allow a small hydroelectric power plant to be easily carried to remote creeks and streams to generate electricity.
The military Backpack Power Plant Type 2 is only three feet long and weighs less than 25 pounds. “It is self-contained with its own integrated power, control, cooling and sensor systems.” The unit collapses into three parts that are then easily transportable in a cylindrical backpack.
The parts are reassembled to create a hydroelectric power plant that generates 600 W of power. Multiple units can be set up in arrays that will generate up to 20 KW. The power plants operate silently without “heat or exhaust emissions making the unit more difficult for opposing troops to locate. If stream bottom mounted, the unit is invisible for all practical purposes.
A civilian version is the Backpack Power Plant Type 1. This portable power pack weighs less than 30 pounds and is three feet long. Like the Backpack Power Plant Type 2, all of “the power, control, cooling and sensor systems” are integrated within the unit. Each power plant breaks down into three pieces, the hub, the generator and folded blades that are then fitted into the cylindrical backpack for portability. The civilian units generate 500 W of power or can be arrayed to produce up to 30 KW.
The Backpack Power Plant 1 is intended for use by remote villages who have access to a steady source of running water but are too far away for more conventional methods of receiving electricity. These hydroelectric power plants produce a continuous steady source of power unlike both solar and wind power that are affected by the weather.
Both the military and civilian Backpack Power Plants are yet another tool that can be used to generate power when more traditional methods are either not available or have been disabled. Just like the Solar Stik, GREENS, and portable solar water purification systems, the Backpack Power Plants will provide power for villages and the military in remote places.
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