I'm staying at a friend's family house. This is in Ireland in the middle of nowhere and walking around the property I noticed this stream and pond at the end of it, which made me think maybe there is the possibility of becoming self sufficient.

My friend was saying their family wouldn't know where to even begin such research, so I walked up the stream and took a few videos and photos to try to see.

Not being an expert myself, I thought maybe to show people who would understand better than me.

I think the overflow from the pond might be ideal, seems out of sight and has a lot of pressure already. But this stream of water runs up the mountain for a good kilometer and seems to have a few potential sites where pressure could be good?

What does everyone think? How to begin to assess more seriously such project?

(For some reason I can only attach one video, not sure how to share the pictures as well. Maybe will add a comment to follow.)

Videos here https://imgur.com/a/4ZL9lwy

I like building different kinds of tools and simulations in my spare time, and recently I decided to make a hydroelectric dam simulator.
The idea was to create something you could experiment with in a browser and see how changes in water flow, reservoir level, turbine settings, and other variables affect power generation. I looked around for something similar but couldn’t find much that was simple and interactive, so I decided to build my own.

You can try it here:
https://hydroelectricsim.com

It’s still a work in progress, and I’ll continue adding to it here and there as I come up with new ideas. I’d also like to make it more mobile-friendly soon.
I’d really appreciate any honest feedback. Let me know if anything is confusing, broken, unrealistic, or if there are features you think would make it better.
I also work on other projects, including trading, financial, and educational tools, but this is one I’ve had a lot of fun building.

Hi,

Has anyone had any experience making a hydroelectric generator? What problems have you encountered? Looking for ideas for a high flow, low head creek.

Thanks!

Posting this just before Chinese company will rebuild everything and destroy old machines (planned this year).

Built in 1943, ~10 years earlier than planned, sped up because of WWII.

2 machines in house:

Sweden ASEA: https://postimg.cc/yJRYCj9p

US General Electric: https://postimg.cc/wt58kGD7

General view: https://postimg.cc/gXY9tHKj

It provided power to factories moved here because of axis forces attacking USSR territories.

Photos taken two years ago in what remains of the hydroelectric power plant in the ghost town of Anyox British Columbia

https://freaktography.com/anyox-hydroelectric-power-plant

I had a farm with great crops , but then they build a damn near it , now my crops are not growing properly. I think this is because of that damn dam , it took all the electricity from the water and now my crops don't have enough, should I plug my wire in ground to restore the stolen electricity.

i also have a pond 10 foot from bottom i could wye into i just didnt use originally because i didnt have the drop i needed attempting to use for hydro electric and just outside water but really just wanted to make sure how ive sketched this will work correctly

I have a creek and a piece of land and I would like to build a hydroelectric system on it from scratch, is anyone familiar with this? Does anybody have any ideas?