Bloomberg Law
Nov. 8, 2018, 12:30 PM UTC

Tiny Turbine Developers Energized by Hydro Law

Bobby Magill
Bobby Magill
Reporter

Hydropower’s equivalent of rooftop solar could be spinning up more electricity in irrigation ditches, water pipes, and treatment plants thanks to a congressional boost and companies ready to sell tiny turbines.

Generating electricity from small hydropower turbines inside water pipes—called “conduit” hydro—allows landowners and water system operators to generate electricity behind the meter as a “distributed” form of renewable energy. Congress threw more support behind conduit hydro development in October when President Donald Trump signed a water infrastructure law (S. 3021) easing federal permitting requirements for projects of up to 40 megawatts.

“The growth size of that ...

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