小しょう水すい力りょく発はつ電でん

noun

small hydropower; micro hydro; small-scale hydroelectric power generation

Technical and policy term for generating electricity using small-scale water flow, typically under 10,000 kW. Often contrasted with large-scale hydroelectric dams.

• この地ち域いきでは小しょう水すい力りょく発はつ電でんの導どう入にゅうが進すすんでいる。

  The introduction of small hydropower is progressing in this region.

• 小しょう水すい力りょく発はつ電でんは環かん境きょうへの負ふ荷かが比ひ較かく的てき小ちいさい。

  Small-scale hydroelectric power generation has a relatively low environmental impact.