Kinetic hydropower is easy

Kinetic turbines create energy from flowing water with no head required. The energy output depends on the velocity of the river or canal and does vary with variations in the stream. As the SMART turbine is a nohead turbine infrastructure requirements are reduced to anchoring.

Industrial kinetic hydropower plant

Output depends on river velocities

Generation 24 hours a day = baseload energy 2 m/s = 2 kW = 45 kWh per day or 16,294 kWh per year (load factor 93%) Even low velocities allow reliable supply; example rural workshop:
1.25 m/s = 500 watt = 11 kWh per day 11 kWh fridge, electrical saw, radio, fan during 10 hours

Modular design (1): Single turbine

Competitive against small diesel generator or small photovoltaic system Complete delivery includes
Turbine Anchor cable Electrical cable Electrical system (minus batteries)

Easy to
Install with local boats in one day Operate by local people Maintain as only regular cleaning is required

Modular design (2): turbine park

System be built in modules up to MW clusters in single canal or river Maximum size depends on injection point and demand
Max 75 to 100 kW low voltage injection at one single point Approx 50 m distance between lines of turbines so flow recovers

Implementation can be realized in phases with generation starting with first turbine in place
100 kW project order to first kWh
5 to 6 month (incl. transport)

Later phases might include more

value added locally

Off grid system combined with other source

Hydro PV system (Colombia):

Demand Profile: Daytime peak by workshop Minimisation of battery bank compared with PV only system Diesel or grid as back up when batteries low and no generation available System can work with different load profiles or as UPS system (uninterrupted power supply)
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Off grid system with three sources

Hybrid system:

Turbine + PV Diesel Generator (or grid connected) 100 % availability

~ rectifier + ~ + ~ dumpload -

AC inverter
~ 220 V

Off-Grid inverter Loads

AC inverter

Grid connected system low voltage

River Inn (Germany):

Power fed into low voltage grid at traffic light Distributed generation Stabilising the grid Uninterruptible power supply

~ ~ ~

rectifier + dumpload

+ -

AC inverter

~ 220 V

Low voltage injection stabilizes supply

Smart Hydro Power run a simulation on linear grid systems It could be shown that grid losses could be reduced from 18% to 5% by injecting every 500 m along a 20 km low voltage line Each of the injection points could be used for a UPS (uninterrupted power supply) connection

Rural utilities: clean water & communication

Applications Local businesses (agriculture, fishery) Communication (cell phone towers) Living standard (water treatment, refrigeration) Labor camps

Empowering villages through off-grid electrification

Sabko industries

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Fish and fishermen (1): fish

No low pressure in front of diffusor no fish fed in Low spinning of rotor (250 rpm) does not harm river life Low noise does not affect river life Anchor does not impact river environment All components are watersafe, no washing-off and polution

fish

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Fish and fishermen (2): fishermen

Excess energy can be used for ice production Uninterrupted line of freezing guarantees commercial fish: Over night the turbine feeds into ice generation, fishermen take ice, days harvest is taken to the fridge Installation design is project specific: current demand profile and opportunities are analyzed
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EPC-projects are possible

ENERSAC as Smart Hydro Powers acknowledged EPC arm with local partner BNB Engineering & Development Training of local partners
Assembling Installation Electrical wiring service

Establish a sustainable local business which could be exported to adjacent countries

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Costs & Pricing (1): competitiveness

Competitive against diesel genset and photovoltaic
Prices per kWh for two demand profiles at two different velocities
Prices per kWh for

two demand profiles at two different velocities

Full cost comparison

based on offers in Colombia and Peru

Rural areas, high

transportation cost
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Costs & Pricing (2): Prices relate to project

Prices vary according to size and conditions of specific project

Basic price turbine: Electronics: Transportation: 40 ft container with 9 turbines approx 4,000 U$ EPC: 100 kW project, approx. 2 month for installation, training and commissioning with two engineers and local workforce Prices vary between 2,500 U$ to 3,900 U$ / kW installed Generation costs vary between 0.06 U$ / kWh to 0.40 U$ / kWh depending on project cost and river velocity
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A project which brings local development

SMART turbines have high local content Regional clusters with local workshops for assembling and project management Training of local personnel for Assembling Electrical wiring Installation Maintenance / service Future project development for electrical management
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Selected References

The Company

CEO Dr. Karl Kolmsee Founded in 2010 Based in Feldafing near Munich, Germany Promoted by the Bavarian Ministry for Commerce 2012 winner of German Development Bank KfW new business award Internationally-renowned

Mission: Development, production and commercialization of affordable and environmentally-friendly kinetic micro hydropower systems.

Smart Hydro and its partners in Malawi

Local project manager

Eng. Balaam N Buziba BNB Engineering & Development Mobile: +2773 552 8614 Skype: balaam.buziba

EPC partner
Marco Espinoza ENERSAC LLC - USA Phone: +1 850 559-5739 Skype: marco103195 www.enersac.com

Dr. Karl Reinhard Kolmsee Smart Hydro Power GmbH Alte Traubinger Str. 17 82340 Feldafing / Munich Germany www.smart-hydro.de