Surely this is dictated by the size of water supply you have?should I go large or small and often smaller is better as you don't need all the bureaucracy of site surveys and lots of expensive calculations which reduce the overall costs, in addition any engineering
its only constant if brook levels are high enough-see previous post .
I've been involved with other installations with a much higher/bigger catchment,that still have months of idle periods,millers in the old days must have experienced this even without the restrictive modern regulations.
I've noticed in recent years we experience regular periods of extreme weather,the ground dries/hardens ,we then get a few downpours,& the ground can't absorb ,so the water just runs off,hence you get surges of electric production,followed by dry spells.
Sounds interesting, you wouldn't have a link to any articles online about it? I've searched and can only find stuff related to wind turbines.vortex accelerated compact turbine
Sounds interesting, you wouldn't have a link to any articles online about it? I've searched and can only find stuff related to wind turbines.
lucky you!the force of the water is greater than lower down