(GRO Architects) These docks could eventually get extended further up the rivers to both generate power and increase recreational green space and tidal pools for wildlife, said researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and at GRO Architects in New York. They currently have a provisional patent on the idea.
River Turbines Could Electrify New York City
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
Charles Q. Choi, LiveScience

A network of floating docks could harness clean energy for New York City and provide new space for parks, researchers now propose.
Read the story by Charles Choi: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32988854/
Read more at Inhabitat architecture and design website: www.inhabitat.com/2009/07/14/new-design-uses-waves-to-power-nyc