Study and Cost Analysis of 10 Kw Small Hydro Power Plants

Abstract

In recent years small hydroelectric power has received a great deal of attention from many point of view, one, as a sizable and easily utilizable source of renewable energy and second, as a moderate investment method for providing electricity to under-developed areas. Electricity is most convenient form of energy, which is utilized for lighting, heating, and industrial production. Generation of electricity through small hydroelectric schemes and its consumption does not pollute the environment and therefore can play important role for protection of the environment and in maintenance of ecological balance, especially for the isolated areas. In recent years due to the harmful effects of conventional power stations to the environment, installations utilizing renewable energy sources have been subject to renewed interest both in developing and in industrially developed countries. Hydroelectric power as a proven and well advanced technology providing 19% of the world's electric power from both large and small power plants. The installation cost of the small hydropower project is mainly divided into two parts-Civil works and electromechanical equipment. One of the most important elements on the recovery of a small hydro-power plant is the electromechanical equipment (turbine-alternator). In this paper we have to estimate the cost of 10 kW run of river remote area small hydro power plant.