2. Justification
The improvement of turbine efficiencies will increase the
micro-hydro scheme power output while keeping the project
within the monetary budget. Therefore more electricity is
generated from the same resources head (H) and flowrate (Q)
The design of a micro hydro scheme should ensure better
environmental sustainability as the use of hydro energy
enables communities to rely less on non-renewable sources
such as firewood, paraffin and coal thus ensuring that less
CO2 is emitted into the atmosphere leading to less global
warming [3]. Renewable energy is also a cleaner and safer
form of energy.