One of my current favorites (pun intended) is the use of little
  Micro generators powered by water and gravity; the turbine spins
  around hoving just above the bottom of a water vortex created by
  a circle... - with more than enough room for fishies to go under
  and around it safely. I forget what it's called but it's the
  kind of thing you could build in a weekend with some concrete...
  and a giant turbine hooked up to a generator... Maybe eough to
  power a house. Cool stuff.