From a small loft office in Goshen, a team of energy engineers is plotting to take over America’s water pipelines with a revolutionary goal: putting turbines inside the largest pipes to produce electricity as water flows past.
So goes the thinking at Lucid Energy Technologies, which has partnered with Northwest Pipe Co., a major manufacturer of steel pipes, to develop the “Northwest PowerPipe.” It hopes to begin selling the ingenious infrastructure to utilities starting next year.
Others have tried to develop similar technology, says Josh Thomas, Lucid’s business development director, “but we’re the first to present an option that works.”
