Get Educated Learn more about waterpower Get Inspired Educate Take Action Connect Knowledge Off-grid vs. Being Energy Neutral by Net Metering We still run into people who have a hard time understanding net metering, even though everyone seems to understand… View More Types of Turbines Turbines are also divided by their principle of operation and can be: An Impulse turbine, which is driven by a … View More Flow Duration Curve There are two ways of expressing the variation in river flow over the year: the annual hydrograph and the Flow … View More Skills Measuring flow at a water site There are various ways of measuring flow at your hydro site as of a certain point in time. Flow also … View More Calculating the size of system necessary to offset your hydro bill. Your electric bill probably goes up and down monthly or seasonally, therefore it’s important to consider the details of your net metering rules. View More Assess your system financially Assessing your planned system financially – do yourself a favour and use IRR. View More How-to-Guides Flow measurement Information coming soon… View More Head measurement Information coming soon… View More Site planning Information coming soon… View More Issues Unsustainable population growth: the great issue at the heart of every problem. It’s surprising that population size domestically and globally doesn’t get more press and discussion View More The world’s energy use and production methods are unsustainable. There still seems to be debate about whether global warming is really happening, for every…. View More Dams and other water control structures: good or evil? Boy this is a tough one, and one of the most polarizing subjects… View More