Text: Welcome to the pico hydro network, the first network specialising in very small hydro systems, up to 5 kW. The network is being established because there is a very large market for pico hydro in many countries in the world. The reasons for this are:- Pico hydro systems require small water flows and therefore there are many sites at which they can be used. Even in countries with extensive grid electrification, small communities are often not connected because of the high costs of step-down transformers and low revenues. Locally manufactured systems can be produced which have much lower long term costs per kilowatt than solar, wind and diesel systems. http://www.eee.ntu.ac.uk/research/microhydro/picosite/d4567.html

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