micro hydro

I've long been a lending participant over at Kiva, one of my favorite 'charities'. Kiva is a microfinance group that takes lending funds from folks like you and me and provides it interest-free to on-the-ground partners in impoverished areas who then manage loans to local people. The end...

I've got an opportunity to install an Archimedean screw micro hydro scheme for power generation on a river running alongside my business and was planning on using the energy generated to power my MX and the 3s (when they arrive). I've been told that the turbine will generate 5kW peak power...