If you are fortunate enough to have reliable source of running water on your property, micro-hydro may be a viable option for charging batteries. These units lend themselves to charging in off-grid applications and provide power 24 hours a day.

Even sites that only produce enough water to run the turbine during the rainy month’s can be worth developing as that is when solar panels are least effective.

Small scale turbines could easily produce enough power to run your house and potentially sell back to the grid in a home-based system but no rebates are in effect for such a system nor are the grid tie inverters made to interface with these turbines but for off-grid systems they are an easy add-on.

California Solar Solutions does offer site evaluations to help you determine your hydro potential so give us a call.

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