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MICRO HYDRO INSTALLATION
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Net Metering, Why not Hydro?

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I want to clarify the 'net metering' issue a little. I think that net metering is the most effective policy the government ...
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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Micro Hydro Engineering and Development Fee Schedule

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HOW MUCH DOES IT COST AND WHEN WILL IT PAY BACK MY INVESTMENT? Well I have to do this even though I love to show others the nuts and volt...
Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Estimating your site Hydro Power

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HVC.RR Honderosa Valley Consulting and Renewables Research One has to remember that actual work done is force delivered times the distan...
Friday, November 28, 2008

SIZING UP YOUR STREAM FOR HYDRO POWER

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The huge variation in stream flows during a season make exact measurements difficult and un-necessary. We experience 500 to 1 in a typical ...

Make webcams work over long distance ethernet.

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Find the WEB CAM in the picture ... Here I used the 6X6 plastic box on its back. The camera and the clear cylindrical food storage containe...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Dealing With High Water, Leaves, Sand, Gravel, Rocks & Ice

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The most difficult part of a hydro project is building it to deal effectively with the extremes of nature. Of the various challenges nature ...
Saturday, September 20, 2008

Pump as Turbine (PAT)

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This is the latest addition to the powerhouse. This split case PAT, 5X6X9 driving a 30HP 3 phase motor as generator will be able to take ad...
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Saturday, August 23, 2008

Smart Grid of the Future

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• Eventually, the smart grid will let rates fluctuate even more dynamically, depending on conditions. This already happens in wholesale elec...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Grid Connected Or Autonomous?

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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...
Sunday, June 1, 2008

Butterfly valve voltage controller

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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...
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Rob
Cuddebackville, New York, United States
I am a retired electronics engineer, educator, businessman and builder of micro hydro installations for fun and sometimes even profit. This one uses a pump/motor as a turbine/generator using a 200 ft waterfall in our back yard. It is currently producing 15KW. I will be tweaking it to take advantage of greater winter flows. It's not the product, but the process... I enjoy doing the most with the least. So this renewable energy source cost less than $2 per watt of capacity not counting any labor and engineering.
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