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The Potential for Small-Scale Hydro in Developing Countries

by Jack J. Fritz, Engr.; Board of Sci, and Tech. for International Development, National Research Council, Washington, D.C.,


Serial Information: Civil Engineering—ASCE, 1983, Vol. 53, Issue 12, Pg. 46-49


Document Type: Feature article

Abstract:

The author attempts to define a market that has been traditionally ignored by U.S. design firms. As a result, the Europeans, Chinese and Japanese have taken the lead in engineering and equipment development. The author believes that the worldwide potential for mini- and small-scale hydropower will remain large for several years to come and a concerted effort by the hydropower engineering and equipment manufacturing community as well as funding organizations could reverse this trend. Specific information�labor force, climate, terrain, precipitation, geographic location�is given for Peru, Indonesia, China, Pakistan and Ecuador.

Subject Headings: Developing countries | Hydro power | Equipment and machinery | Terrain | Precipitation | Organizations | Manufacturing

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