Micro-hydropower Generation for Sustainable Development: A Review

This paper reviews the status of micro-hydropower in relation to different methods. Micro-hydropower uses either turbines or reactions, depending on what your site can offer. There could be some dependency on fuel if you do not have a renewable energy source but it is still much less than fossil fuels. It is important to consider how developing countries can use renewable energies for their short-term economic planning. Hydroelectricity is the most reliable and affordable of all renewable energy sources, because of its advantages over other source of energy. However, an environmental and financial concerns, a large hydropower plant is less attractive in the current economy, whereas a micro-hydropower plant has a huge potential to develop. Many small and shallow rivers can be used for hydropower to generate electricity: includes pico-hydro and micro-hydro technologies. India is a developing country with a population of 1.35 billion people who live in different socioeconomic strata. Thus, the energy demand is constantly adding in a trouble to accelerate artificial conditioning and boost the frugality. Reactive energy provides a significant portion of the nation’s electricity needs. Small hydropower (SHP) should be prioritized because large hydropower projects require significant capital investments and have complex social and economic implications.