Micro hydro

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Micro Hydro is a term used for hydroelectric power installations that typically produce up to 100 kW of power. They are often used in water rich areas as a Remote Area Power Supply (RAPS). There are many of these installations around the world, including several delivering around 50 kW in the Solomon Islands, supplying energy for small communities.

Micro hydro is frequently accomplished with a pelton wheel for high head, low flow water supply.

Micro hydro systems can complement photovoltaic solar energy systems because in many areas, water flow, and thus available hydro power, is highest in the winter when solar energy is at a minimum.

[edit] See also

• Hydropower
• Pico hydro
• Watermill
• Renewable energy
• Self sufficiency
• Off Grid Living
• APACE
• Ian Gilmartin

[edit] External links

• Portal on microhydro power
• Informational articles at Energy Systems & Design
• Some notes on microhdyro classifications and equations
• Cheap energy hope from waterwheel BBC news story.
• Micro Hydro information Dorado Vista ranch application
• European Small Hydropower Association
• Idaho National Engineering Laboratory Hydropower Prospector