Vaghela: community-based micro-hydropower is a people empowerment energy solution

Community-based hydropower — such as pico, micro, and mini hydro — has provided socio-economic and environmental benefits to thousands of off-grid communities in the Asia Pacific, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa, long before central grids have reached them. Dipti Vaghela was recently interviewed by International Rivers on key aspects of community-scale micro hydropower (MHP). Part 1 of the interview covers MHP sizes, pros/cons, inclusive governnance and sustainable approaches, and part 2 discusses solutions for scale up. Read the interview here to learn more.