Pico-hydro systems are all-hydropower systems with a capacity of less than 5 kW and are commonly used as a cheap and easy-to-deploy source of power in the world’s most inaccessible places.

A locally made pico-hydro turbine is shown in Figure 2. Typically pico hydro systems have been stand-alone, with only a single house or a small group of houses connected to a single turbine. Large ...