Small & Micro Hydropower Community Profile Update 5/6/2009

May 07
2009
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The following two charts show the “Small & Micro Hydropower Newsletter” Community as of May 6 2009 and March 17 2009. Our Small & Micro Hydropower Demographic population has changed only slightly since we started collecting data. Note the charts are normalized to the total responding population which represents about 50% of our overall membership. I think you can see we are still a diverse Hydropower group that share a common interest in Small & Micro Hydropower generating systems.

Notice that Small & Micro Hydro Interest have swapped places from what we showed in our original Hydropower Community update newsletter.  Small Hydro vs. Micro Hydro Interest percentages are within a few points of each other and I suspect there is no significant difference in the voting here. It sounds like we are right on with the Newsletter target.  Thanks to those who filled out the survey.  You can see our original demographic results by visiting: Original Small & Micro Hydro Community Survey.

SmallHydro.com Hydropower Community Stats - May 6 2009

SmallHydro.com Hydropower Community Stats - May 6 2009

The following data shows the Small & Micro Hydroelectric Community as of a little over a month ago. Only subtle changes within about 1-3% experimental error.

Some of you have correctly mentioned that there are significant differences in Small & Micro Hydropower systems with regard to physical plant size and capital $ investments, ROI, regulations, etc.

While this general observation is true the actual fluid mechanics and electrical physics involved are mostly the same, so we will continue to address both populations here and in the newsletter. As we encounter major differences we will try and point them out so you can be aware. If you see Small or Micro Hydro issues that I forgot to point out please share them with your comments on that SmallHydro.com Blog post. The other Small Hydro Community plots are over on the www.DoradoVista.com site.

To update your Small & Micro Hydropower Survey see the following link: Update My Hydropower Interest Survey Instructions.

SmallHydro.com Hydropower Community Stats - March 17 2009

SmallHydro.com Hydropower Community Stats - March 17 2009

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Small & Micro Hydropower Newsletter – Feedback

Apr 26
2009
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Tim,

Thanks for the words of encouragement about our “Small & Micro Hydropower Newsletter” work at DoradoVista, Inc. and now with our SmallHydro Blog and Small & Micro Hydro site at SmallHydro.com !

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in 30 years of engineering and management experience. There are no stupid questions. I am amazed how often the experts and novices alike assume a given field of knowledge is obvious.

One of the reasons we started the “Small & Micro Hydropower Newsletter” was the realization that people who are considering Renewable Energy Hydropower need a certain introductory level of Energy & Systems knowledge to get started. This is so individuals are comfortable asking what they need to ask about each unique project. This helps get the Hydropower projects evaluated accurately and allows them to make good decisions for project success.

Our plan is that part of this sequence of newsletters will become the basis for an on-line introductory to Small & Micro Hydro-power systems class. There are a few decent sites that start the ball rolling, but they often are talking only to experienced engineers in the hydro field. The two ESHA PDF links on the http://www.DoradoVista.com/DV_Hydro_Power.html pages have just such a course. Great stuff, but we’ll need to assist you in understanding what it means.

When we get to the various options and procedures, you should have enough knowledge to understand what to do, How to do it, who can help, and when. It’s a big goal, but worth doing. Once this base of understanding is established then we can begin the real fun with some Hydro-Pro-Amateur Blog-comments-forum type interactions to help one another.

By the way, feel free to ask questions. We’ll try to get you answers either via the newsletter or email.

Sincerely,
Jess

DoradoVista, Inc.
PS. Do you mind if we reprint your name (Tim), your question and this answer in a future newsletter update? It helps others to feel comfortable with the same issues you ask about. (You are not alone!)

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