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UK: Somerset, Devon and Dorset unite for microhydro
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Mill owners from across the South West shared their experiences of restoring mills to be power producing sites at the Three Counties Micro-Hydro Conference, hosted by Somerset County Council with Dorset and Devon County Councils.
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Arup engineer wins plaudit for Zambezi Rapids
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Arup engineer Daniel Rea has been highly commended in the Young Consultant of the Year category of the British Expertise International Awards for his work on the Zambezi Rapids micro-hydro scheme.
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Assam, India: Micro power project to benefit 38 families
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Inhabitants of a remote village in the rugged, mountainous terrain of North Cachar Hills are getting uninterrupted power supply even though it is not connected by conventional power grid. This has been made possible by the State’s first micro hydro-electr
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Uganda to launch the first community microhydro plant
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THE EAST African Energy Technology Development Network (EAETDN) - Uganda Chapter is carrying out a feasibility study to pave way for the construction of the first community based 35 - 40 kilowatt Dirigana Micro-Hydro Power Demonstration Project in Sironko
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Investments in Bosnian small hydro
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Bosnia's MIMS investment group is to invest BAM4.5M (US$3M) in the construction and operation of four small hydroelectric power plants in eastern Bosnia under a 30-year concession deal with the local authorities in the Bosnian-Podrinje canton.
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Mini waterwheel can power a house
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Two men from Kendal, Cumbria (UK) have invented a mini-waterwheel capable of supplying enough electricity to power a house - for free.
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Hydro backed for Chile
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A recent survey on Chile's future renewable energy development backed the use of mini hydro as the most favourable option, coming out ahead of biomass.
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Afghan micro hydro underway
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Work has begun on a 20kW micro-hydroelectric plant in the Alishang district of the eastern Laghman province in Afghanistan, local media reports.
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Grant to help UK mill generate hydro power
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A project to transform a 250-year-old water mill in England's Yorkshire Dales into a means of producing hydroelectric power is nearing completion, thanks to a £53,600 (US$100.7M) grant from the UK Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs's (Defra
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Ashden Awards 2007 open for applications
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Applications are open for schemes using renewable energy to improve people's quality of life while tackling environmental threats. Closing date for concept notes is 14 November 2006.
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