Celebrating Run of River Hydrokinetics craigshieldsPosted on November 11, 2013 Posted in Hydrokinetics Cause for celebration: as shown in this video, it’s the 100th anniversary of the Kaplan turbine (invented by Austrian professor Victor Kaplan in 1913), and still used today in run of river hydrokinetics. ‹ Cool Video on the Future of Transportation Harvesting Wasted Mechanical Energy › Tagged with: Kaplan turbine, run of river hydrokinetics., Run-of-the-river hydroelectricity