
Microhydro in West Virginia With Buried Penstock
Single, two 3/4″ nozzle, stream engine producing 510 Watts at 156 GPM. Running on 47′ of head down 515′ of 4″ Sch 40 PVC. Wild 3-phase
Single, two 3/4″ nozzle, stream engine producing 510 Watts at 156 GPM. Running on 47′ of head down 515′ of 4″ Sch 40 PVC. Wild 3-phase
A great video from an off-grid ES&D customer. This site in West Virginia runs about 380 watts and is coupled with a solar panel.
A letter to the editor alerted me to my chance to finally see a microhydro system. On January 18, Vivian Stockman and I visited Mickey and Jennifer Janowski, who live at an elevation of 2,250 feet in Webster County, W.Va.