In this video, a 220V mini hydropower system is built in a rural village using simple tools and the natural flow of a river.

A retired Canadian engineer has developed a river-powered water wheel that can generate up to 36 kWh per day under stable ...

This is the third in a series of posts about how system-scale perspectives are vital to the planning and development of sustainable power systems, including hydropower. This post will focus on how ...

Renewable energy advocate Christopher Ononukwe has called on the Imo State Government to prioritize the development of small hydropower (SHP) as a sustainable solution to the state’s persistent ...

Community micro-hydropower projects in the DR rely on local leadership to deliver energy from renewable sources to isolated areas excluded from national distribution systems, contributing to reduced ...

A bridge over Soča River in Slovenia. Governments can conduct or support strategic planning exercises for energy such as Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs). These can evaluate large-scale tradeoffs ...

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has officially approved the Small Hydro Power (SHP) Development Scheme for the period FY 2026-27 to FY 2030-31. With a financial outlay of ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A recently published study based on fieldwork in northwest Vietnam shows how even small hydropower projects can have a large impact on communities.

For more than 100 years, hydropower has provided a low-cost, clean and renewable energy supply to homes and businesses in the Pacific Northwest — a region that has historically benefited from one of ...