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Revision as of 08:41, 10 September 2021
Welcome to the Hydro Portal
Hydro power or water power is the electrical energy generated from falling or running water. The hydro power portal provides an overview on hydro energy related information on energypedia. Look for specific topics, latest articles or uploaded documents and announce upcoming events.
Hydro Power Basics
Technological Aspects of Hydro Power
- Micro Hydro Power (MHP) Plants
- Civil Engineering
- Components of a Hydropower Plant
- Importing - Licensing - Technology Transfer
- Local Production / Planning Capacity
- Upgrading of Water Mills / Rehabilitation of Power Plants
- Pico Hydro Power
- All Micro Hydro / Pico Hydro Power Articles
- All Micro Hydro Articles
- Planning a Mini Hydro Power Project
- All Small Hydro / Mini Hydro Power Articles
- Hydro Battery Charging Station
- Electric Retrofitting of Existing Dams
Policy Framework for Hydro Power
Management, Operation and Business Models
Monitoring & Evaluation of Solar Energy
Financing Models and Costs for Hydro Power
- Hydropower - Types of Financing
- Cost Analysis
- Grants, Subsidies
- Loans (soft loans, commercial loans)
- Venture Capital
- Project Financing
- Involvement of MFIs
- Risk Coverage
- Management Cost Calculation Model
- Analysis Tool for the Financial Feasibility of Micro Hydro Power (MHP) Projects
- All Articles on Financing Hydro Power
Social and Environmental Impacts / Monitoring Hydro Power
- Socio-economic and Environmental Impacts of MHP
- Monitoring
- Social Implications of Load Management
- Integration of Gender Issues
- Consumer Awareness and Communication
- Mitigation and Intervention Techniques
- Environment Assessment and Watershed Action Planning
- Causes and Features of Watershed Degradation related to MHP projects
- Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (HSAP)
- MHP Indonesia - Impact on Sustainability
- Indonesian MHP Sites: Survey on Key Performance Indicators (2012)
- Hydro Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
- Environment Assessment Related to MHP Projects in Ethiopia
- Remote Monitoring
Climate Change and Hydro Power
Case Studies on Hydro Power
Hydro Power Resources
- Mini-Grid Webinar Series 2019
- Mini-grid Webinar Series 2017
- Hydropower - Tools
- Hydropower Database - add your project!
- Micro and Mini Hydropower - Online Library
- Good and bad of mini hydro power vol.1
- Good and bad of mini hydro power vol.2
- Pros and Cons - Micro Hydro Power (MHP)
- Manuals
- MHP Case Studies
- RE Project Resource Center
- Tender Documents
- Micro Hydro Power (MHP) Tree DiagramWorld Commission on Dams (WCD) Report
- Hydro Energy in Specific Countries
- Renewable Energy Project Resource Center
- External Micro Hydro Power (MHP) Links
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