Low head mini hydropower solution

Organization

BluPower Tech

Budget

None

Impact

Our solution enables 24x7 grid reliable clean energy access with no CO2 emissions and does not require expensive maintenance. The plant life is of 25 years with lowest LCOE.

Deployments

Innovation

Blupower is a clean energy company developing run-of-river vortex water hydro plants for low-head sites in rivers or canals. In more comprehensible terms: this means that per each hydro plant, flows with a minimal height difference, starting from 1.5 meters to 8 meters, can be used to generate energy. How do we do that? Our vortex hydro plant uses a natural whirlpool to generate energy: the interaction between gravity, the natural flow, and the rotor allows the hydro plant to harness energy from the stream. The BluPower technology is designed to be a continuous, resilient and cost-effective alternative to the existing low-head micro/mini-hydro power plants, traditional hydropower as well as intermittent energy solutions such as solar systems, diesel generators and small wind turbines. What is new about this technology, is that by removing all the complexity and substituting it with simple components, BluPower makes hydropower more simple than ever before. As a scalable solution, a single hydro plant can generate up to 200 kilowatts, which provides energy for about 2000 households in a remote community. As an interconnected organism, a BluPower low-head hydro power plant can generate up to several megawatts (MW).

Timeline

3 months

Pilots

First Pilot Deployment expected to be around April 2021

Solver's Location

Delhi, India

Website

www.blupower.in