Pico-hydel: Means of Sustainable Development
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Technology
Pico-hydropower Not Only Electrifies Villages But Also Mobilize the Community to Protect Their Catchment Area
A hyropower generation unit with less than 5kw is called as pico-hydel. Basic requirement for such unit is a flowing stream/source of water with adequate height differences (head).Nagaland Empowerment of People through Energy Development (NEPeD) has paved a new path for setting up pico-hydel projects in the North Eastern region.
Itprovides infrastructure and technical guidance and support to villagers for village electrification through pico-hydels and also organise trainings for operation, maintenance and management of the unit.
This small-scale system of energy generationempowers people to run a system of their own to meet their day to day energy needs.
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