Hi Carlos and all, The Chilean market is indeed oriented toward the high end of prices, and tends to rely too heavily on imported gear for the smallest turbines. What we are lacking is solutions around the 1 KW / 1500 USD spot (materials cost) to suit the needs of small isolated rural settlements.
We first tried working with a local "maestranza" on 12 cm p.c.d bronze peltons, the conclusion is that they lacked the needed precision for that size. We are currently doing some tests of pressing out iron buckets at an industrial school. If this works, we would have inexpensive peltons suitable for small diameter HDP tubing that can be carried (or rather dragged) with horses or oxen up to hard-to-reach places. What we are still lacking is a local source of load controllers a la Nigel Smith (nearest source is in Peru). If we can find all the elements of the chain, we could be writing some project soon (and would be very glad to see you around here in the south). While the pelton design is very well documented, I'm still looking for design specifications for turgos. I'd appreciate pointing to any document/link/book/article dealing with them. Otherwise, a main obstacle remains in the fact that many rural ppl believe (maybe rightfully) that if they participate in a highly visible project, the tax service goons will fall upon them to charge them for the use of the water. Or it might be ENDESA, or any company that has bought the right to use the streams of whole regions. It would appear that the rights of the poor people were pocketed by others. It seems ppl aren't talking enough of the nature of those obstacles to local development... or it might be that the only accepted scenario is to send the rural ppl to die off in the suburbs. MK El vie, 10 de 06 de 2005 a las 10:29, Carlos Bonifetti escribi�: > Sandeep, > The other range just received US$/kW: 1,000 - 3,000, is lower than mine. > Contribution with the another factor 'country', reinforces that smaller > range. My range is based on chilean market, that could be similar to other > counries, also. > Carlos > --------------------------------------------- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carlos Bonifetti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 7:04 PM > Subject: Re: [microhydro] cost of micro hydro > > > > Sandeep, > > > > Your question is very important. Index cost are like a cheewing gum. > > Factors are: size in kW, head, flow, penstock material and length, site > > position, facilities for construction, type of contract, power house > > constrution type, electrical lines length, etc. > > For a range, say 10 - 50 kW, cost could be tipically about 2,500 - 4,500 > > US$/kWe, with well made and reliable equipment and construction. > > Other members can say his own experience in this. > > > > Regards, > > > > Carlos Bonifetti > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "sandeep chittora" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 12:57 PM > > Subject: [microhydro] cost of micro hydro > > > > > >> > >> hi all, > >> > >> What is the typical cost of installation of > >> small/micro hydro plant? On what factors it depends? 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