Guide on How to Develop a Small Hydropower Plant (Part1 )

This Guide is an updated and adapted version of the publication "Layman’s Guidebook on How to Develop a Small Hydro Site", published by ESHA - the European Small Hydropower Association – in 1998 in the frame of the European Commission DG-TREN (Directorate General for Transport and Energy) ALTENER programme.This guide is divided into nine chapters and covers the basic concepts, meaning of definitions and technological issues to be addressed.Chapter 1 – Introduces basic concepts, such as the definition of small hydropower, types of schemes, ways of exploiting the water resource available and gives a general overview of the guide’s contents,Chapters 2 through to 9 – describe the essential steps to be followed to evaluate a proposed scheme before deciding whether to proceed to a detailed feasibility study.