Thu, 10 Aug 2017 14:29:11 +0000 By Daonald Lwamba – Hydropower development AFTER writing about energy saving tips, I am back to familiar territory, i.e. hydropower development. You may say it is my forte. I was approached by one of the readers of my energy column who wanted to set up a smallscale hydropower project because his plot is situated in a hilly, mountainous area in Rufunsa. He took me to his plot and he said, “Look how hilly my land is. Is it not suitable for a smallscale hydropower project?” It is true that you cannot have a hydropower plant on a flat land, remember in Mathematics how we were told about necessary and sufficient conditions. A hilly area is a necessary condition. But it is not a necessary and sufficient condition. I am sorry to disappoint the wise men from the East, the reason why there is no hydropower potential on the Luangwa River, […]
Estimating the catchment yield for small multipurpose earth dams
