Resources
Here you’ll find a variety of resources – videos, newsletters, articles, installations – to assist you on your microhydro journey.
Intro to Hydropower: Measuring Head & Flow
This article focuses on measuring a stream’s head and flow. Before you can begin designing your hydro system or estimating how much electricity it will produce.
March 23, 2020/by Micro HydroSingle Micro Hydro in British Columbia
Single X-Stream Engine4 Nozzle System35 Feet of Gross Head…
March 24, 2020/by Micro HydroStream Engine Installation
A great video from an off-grid ES&D customer. This site in West Virginia runs about 380 watts and is coupled with a solar panel.
March 23, 2020/by Micro HydroGREETINGS FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT ENERGY SYSTEMS AND DESIGN
We are still open and filling orders but have made the difficult…
April 9, 2020/by Micro HydroLiving Off-Grid
As a few of ES&D’s customers have learned, living off-grid can allow you to follow your passion. A couple of kayakers are able to live closer than anybody else to the Skookumchuck Narrows thanks to micro hydro energy.
March 23, 2020/by Micro HydroMicrohydro-Electric Systems Simplified
If you have a suitable site, harnessing the energy in a stream or creek can be the most cost-effective way to make renewable electricity. Compared to the sun and wind’s variability, a stream’s flow is relatively consistent, making microhydro-electric system output the most predictable of all the renewable energy (RE) electrical systems.
March 23, 2020/by Micro HydroMicro Power to the People
A letter to the editor alerted me to my chance to finally see a microhydro system. On January 18, Vivian Stockman and I visited Mickey and Jennifer Janowski, who live at an elevation of 2,250 feet in Webster County, W.Va.
March 23, 2020/by Micro HydroFish Farm in British Columbia
Three LH1000 machines generating 1000 watts each. Also utilizing…
March 24, 2020/by Micro HydroNewsletter – September 2015
Welcome to our first of many Energy Systems & Design newsletters! Our newsletters will consist of interesting stories, helpful articles, new products and product offerings
September 23, 2015/by Micro HydroDesigning a Microhydro System
The energy in falling water can be a reliable and economical source of electricity for homes and businesses.
March 23, 2020/by Micro HydroWater Rights: A Microhydro Evolution
Every morning, before brushing teeth or having a look at the weather outside our Victoria, Australia, off-grid home, my wife Carrie or I pad downstairs to the battery room to check the meters that monitor our electrical system.
March 23, 2020/by Micro HydroMicrohydro in West Virginia With Buried Penstock
Single, two 3/4″ nozzle, stream engine producing 510 Watts…
March 24, 2020/by Micro Hydro