Japan’s Ricoh has designed a micro hydropower system for sewage plants that could potentially be used in combination with ground-mounted solar or floating PV. The system features a sustainable water ...

RENEWABLE ENERGY (RE) company BPE Corp. (BPEC) is gearing up to conduct feasibility studies for micro-hydropower systems at 20 potential sites across Bulacan, Davao, and Pangasinan provinces, the ...

Japanese startup Yumes Frontier has developed a 2.7 kW micro-hydropower system that can be used in some buildings. It can also be combined with solar to provide power for lights and surveillance ...

PUTRAJAYA: The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry is looking into creating micro-hydro electric systems at remote villages in Sabah and Sarawak that are too far from the main electricity grid ...

The archipelagic country of Indonesia, which is blessed with abundant resources, has again set a record in renewable energy. Energy generation from micro hydropower plants has begun with the help of ...

* The world’s total gross theoretical river power capability is over 40,000 TWh/yr. * Estimated Global Tidal Power Potential is 3,700 GW. * The total energy generation potential of waves breaking on ...

MANILA, Philippines — State-run National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has partnered with BPE Corp. (BPEC) to explore the possibility of developing a micro-hydroelectric power plant at the ...

The first time 52-year-old Juliana Balweg-Baawa switched on the light in her home, she jumped for joy. “My children can study at night!” Balweg-Baawa, a native of Mataragan village in the rugged ...

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Even though small hydro-generation is said to have a great potential as an alternative for fossil energy, it has not yet become a common energy source of electricity. There are not enough studies on ...

The Hydropower Improvement Act of 2011 (S. 629) was introduced last week by Energy and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and co-sponsored by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR). The ...

Joubert and his wife, Leonore originally hail from Eldoret, Kenya but settled in Phalaborwa in the 1960s. They are permanent residents of Georges Valley since 1995 where they farm on small scale with ...