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How hydroelectric power works, regional schemes and information on installing your own micro-hydro scheme.
Get advice using the Environment Agency's enhanced pre-application advice service before you apply for a hydroelectric power scheme.
Use form (WR317) and guidance (WR318) to apply for permission for a hydroelectric power scheme.
The licences and permits you need, the documents you must prepare, and how to apply to build a hydropower scheme.
This paper explores the role and solutions to the challenge
View a list of applications submitted to the Environment Agency for a licence to abstract or impound water for hydroelectric power generation.
Investigates the effects of small-scale hydroelectric power schemes on fish.
Check the tariff classification for four-wheeled vehicles powered by an electric motor fitted with a hydraulic lifting device and telescopic jib.
This synthesis report draws together the findings of a literature review and 3 country case study visits to India, Malawi and Nepal and Nepal),
Low Head turbines are hydropower turbines which have been developed for small-scale exploitation of rivers or irrigation canals
This study draws on a literature review and in-country consultations to understand the issues surrounding hydropower in Nepal
Explores the effects of existing run-of-river hydroelectric power schemes on communities of small freshwater animals.
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How has hydropower performed in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh ?
This study draws on a literature review and in-country stakeholder consultations to understand the issues surrounding hydropower performance
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