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• Eventually, the smart grid will let rates fluctuate even more dynamically, depending on conditions. This already happens in wholesale elec...

We have been up and running autonomously (off the grid) with 12KW capability. On average our little mini grid only draws 2 to 3KW so all the...

Here are two views of the 4 inch butterfly valve and modified (a little) car window operator that modulates the valve to keep the voltage st...

Three years ago I started designing this system on the waterfall by our house that I had been eying for energy for 35 years. I partnered ...

Sizing penstock pipe is not a very exacting science. The low to high flow can vary by a factor of thousands. In an average season we get 10...

BMH Power Plant Engineers Operating Manual August 2014 Robert J. Honders Sr. CE Summary A micro hydro turbi...

Typical Pump/Motor for high head turbine. ...... A capacitor bank. Using a Pump/Motor as a Turbine/Generator is straight...

But why you ask. Well, some very few of us have extra electricity to burn. This can happen if you are lucky enough to be able to harness a w...