Japanese startup Yumes Frontier has developed a 2.7 kW micro-hydropower system that can be used in some buildings. It can also be combined with solar to provide power for lights and surveillance ...

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The Hydropower Improvement Act of 2011 (S. 629) was introduced last week by Energy and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and co-sponsored by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR). The ...

The archipelagic country of Indonesia, which is blessed with abundant resources, has again set a record in renewable energy. Energy generation from micro hydropower plants has begun with the help of ...

Researchers at the Northwestern Polytechnical University in China have fabricated a flexible photovoltaic micro-power system for applications in wearable electronics. “We built the system by ...

RANAU: In a hill village outside Ranau, the first flicker from a micro-hydro switch turned darkness into possibility and a community into its own power station. It didn’t start with a grand plan. In ...

A severe water shortage has slashed Uzbekistan’s hydropower output, prompting a rapid expansion of solar and wind energy and ...