Ted Christopher moved to San Diego three years ago to work in his cousins sheet metal shop. Every weekend he tinkered on his own secret project. In 2009, he returned to Minneapolis and launched his own business, Verterra Energy Inc. Through Verterra he hopes to bring his “small” project to life.
Using power of water, he hopes to place his turbines at the bottom of certain rivers to generate energy.
Hydrokinetic turbines capture the power created by the current in waves underneath the water’s surface. Traditional hydropower, in contrast, uses a dam to create a reservoir above the river. Water flows downward through turbines to create energy then is released back into the river downstream from the dam.
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Author: Angela Shupe
