Abstract: An automatic height adjusting paddle wheel comprising a housing, where the housing includes a pair of side portions; a paddle wheel positioned along a shaft within the housing; a pair of hoists attached to shaft on each side of the paddle wheel, where each hoists includes a cable coupled to a top portion of the housing; a means to detect a water level fastened to the cable within the hoists, where the means to detect the water level activates the hoists to lift the shaft as the water level raises and lowers in turn raising and lowering the paddle wheel; and a generator at each end of the shaft, where the generator produces electric power as the paddle wheel rotates within the water.

Abstract: An automatic height adjusting paddle wheel comprising a housing, where the housing includes a pair of side portions; a paddle wheel positioned along a shaft within the housing; a pair of hoists attached to shaft on each side of the paddle wheel, where each hoists includes a cable coupled to a top portion of the housing; a means to detect a water level fastened to the cable within the hoists, where the means to detect the water level activates the hoists to lift the shaft as the water level raises and lowers in turn raising and lowering the paddle wheel; and a generator at each end of the shaft, where the generator produces electric power as the paddle wheel rotates within the water.