As rural development accelerates globally, one need remains universal: reliable electricity. For off-grid villages nestled ...

Congolese nun and electrical engineer Alfonsine Ciza turn the wheel of the mechanical regulator of the turbine at her micro-hydro power plant that provides electricity to a convent, schools and a ...

These micro-hydro systems have small environmental footprints and have allowed electricity to reach villages before road networks do, thanks to communal efforts to haul equipment through the ...

His calculations show that a £100 homemade micro-generator placed at the top of the onsite waterfall’s two metre plunge will provide the electricity needed to power The Vale’s monthly gigs.