| Dominica Micro-hydro Installation 2005 By Alvin Chan and Adam Meil |
Background/Motivation Process Outcome Schedule/Future Plans Public Relations Related Studies/Links Special Thanks Contact Information |
| Related Studies The internet portal on micro-hydropower. This renewable energy provider provided our pelton wheel turbine unit and transmission cable. We also got consultation from Ramasubramanian and Deepak Malghan. Deepak is currently in Maryland, where we will go for training on equipment along with EWB students and faculty on December 19th. Article: Micro-hydro Power in the Nineties by Paul Cunningham and Barbara Atkinson This Article is found in Home Power #44 December 1994 / January 1995 Although it seems outdated, everything still applies and it is an excellent introduction to micro-hydro power. Paul Cunningham is a co-owner of Energy Systems and Designs’ Canadian based micro-hydro company. Their website is http://www.microhydropower.com and it also has many articles on micro-hydro. Ron Macleod of WaterTurbine.com offers many low head turbines. Backwoods Solar Electric Systems Backwoods Solar also does work with micro-hydro. Alvin has obtained an excellent introduction to micro-hydro tape from them. You may also try to obtain one by contacting them. David Palumbo’s off-grid micro-hydro site This powerpoint presentation shows the components of his micro-hydro system at his totally off-grid home and workplace. The slides are labeled according to the components shown in the pictures. Special thanks to David Palumbo, owner of Independent Power and Light, for allowing mentor Gary Flomenhoft and Alvin to tour your micro-hydro system. We learned a lot from your system and from you answering our questions. |