Mae Klang Luang village $130 microhydro

Click on the picture to see a video of this 200 watt low-head francis turbine installed at Mae Klang Luang village, Chiang Mai Province.
Installed November 2007 by local village leader Somsak Khiriphumtong and Chris Greacen.

The turbine cost $90 complete with controller, purchased from Vietnam. Pipe and wire added another $40 or so.

An article in the April/May 2008 edition of Home Power Magazine features this installation. Click here or on the magazine page picture for full article.