Pico-hydro systems are all-hydropower systems with a capacity of less than 5 kW and are commonly used as a cheap and easy-to-deploy source of power in the world’s most inaccessible places.

Where the resource exists, it has been shown to be a cheap, reliable method of generating electricity, provide off-grid communities modern energy. Pico- and micro-hydropower generation systems, under ...

Examples include a 97% efficient contra-rotating wind energy generator supplied with a grid-tied converter interface. A low head pico-hydro scheme involved the systematic design of a low-cost water ...