Micro Hydro Power Generation

Huge advances have been made in the field of micro waterpower generation in the last few years.

Efficient generators can now produce power from very little water flow. Some are small enough to fit in a rain gutters outflow.

Large dams are no longer needed.

This country has two mountain ranges that can be harnessed to generate a great deal of power at very little cost with no harm to the environment.

Only a small amount of water can be diverted through a pipe, used to produce power, then returned to the watercourse downstream.

Private land owners offer the greatest potential for this source of energy, but they need help.

Either the government or private investors could make loans to landowners to build a micro hydro plant and hook it into the power grid. The money made from selling this power would be split between the landowner and paying off the loan, or as a steady return to a private investor.

This approach could have a huge payoff to landowner, investors, the environment, and reduce our dependence on imported oil.

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