Uganda: UK funding for micro-hydro software


Tender
Issue 342 - 16 Mar 2017 | 2 minute read

A project to develop mapping software to find viable sites for micro-hydro projects, aiming to facilitate a mass market for turbines and ease financing for micro-scale projects, has been awarded £274,000 ($333,000) for a pilot project in Uganda. The software uses satellite imaging to look at river gradient and flow and combines it with geographic demographic data to pick out sites which have characteristics suitable for any turbine size.

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