Ian Gilmartin is a British inventor from Kendal in the United Kingdom. In 2006 he invented a mini-waterwheel that generates electricity. The prototype produces 1-2 kW.
The off-the-shelf low-head micro hydro waterwheel system could generate a supply of electricity from a water fall as little as 8 in (20 cm).[1]
Gilmartin is an electrician, but does not own a television and has never lived in a house with electricity.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The Lancaster Environment Centre" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
External links
edit- BBC news story
- Waterwheel Invention Promises Cheap Electricity[permanent dead link]
- Diagrams of the machine
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