Next generation micro-hydropower

Our Vision

484376187Distributed renewable energy is our future. Much of the worlds small and micro hydro potential remains undeveloped and represents a huge potential for sustainable energy recovery. According to the World Energy Council, the economically exploitable potential for small-scale hydropower schemes (capacities up to 10 MW) in the USA alone is 198,151 GWh per year. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) identified 372 GW undeveloped hydropower resources and has set a goal of increasing the U.S. hydropower capacity by 100 GW before 2050. In addition, according to the American Society for Civil Engineers’ “2017 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure,” 70% of the 84,000 dams in the U.S. will be over 50 years old by 2020 and in need of repair.

Cadens, LLC  leverages design-to-print production parts to create new environmental hydropower technologies.  Small and micro hydro power generation is a proven, mature technology and the benefits are widely known:

  • low environmental impact
  • not dependent on fossil fuels
  • non-polluting
  • low operating and maintenance costs
  • continuously renewable electrical energy source
  • long economic life
  • one of the most efficient energy conversion technologies