Patent ID: 7696633

Claim:
A floating power generating device for generating electrical power from a flow of water, said device comprising: a support frame comprising a pair of buoyant pontoons; a power generator mounted to said support frame between said pontoons, said power generator comprising a stator in fixed relation to said support frame and a rotor rotatably disposed about said stator, wherein one of said rotor and said stator comprises at least one magnet, wherein another of said rotor and said stator comprises a plurality of windings of wire, wherein said rotor comprises an outer surface and at least one fin disposed upon said outer surface of said rotor, and wherein said at least one fin is dimensioned to turn said rotor about said stator when engaged by the flow of water, an electrical cable in electrical communication with said power generator; at least one stabilizer means for preventing said power generator from contacting a bottom of a water body; and means for maintaining said floating power generating device in a substantially fixed position within the flow of water.