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 Posted: Sun Aug 31st, 2008 02:56 pm
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Joe Kelley

 

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 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/08/29/plastic-electricity-grid-will-generate-power-at-bottom-of-pa-river/

Vandergrift, PA is ditching its longtime reputation as a steel town to become a model of sustainability. First up in the transition: installing a grid of electricity-generating smart materials on the bottom of the Kiskiminetas River. The town hopes that the grid—along with a healthy dose of energy conservation efforts—will generate between 20 and 40 percent of the town’s electricity.