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Hydroelectric Engineer Course

Hydroelectric Engineer Course
from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country

What will I learn?

This Hydroelectric Engineer Course provides practical skills to evaluate run-of-river sites, estimate flow, head, and energy yield, and choose turbines, intakes, and penstocks for reliable operation. Learn to size plants for remote communities, compare costs with diesel, plan O&M, and address environmental, social, and permitting requirements to deliver efficient, compliant small hydropower projects.

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Develop skills

  • Hydrology & site assessment: size run-of-river plants from scarce field data.
  • Hydro design calculations: compute head, losses, net power and capacity factor.
  • Hydraulic layout selection: match turbines, penstock and intake to site conditions.
  • Community demand sizing: convert village load profiles into reliable plant capacity.
  • Hydro project viability: compare LCOE to diesel, O&M costs and emissions savings.

Suggested summary

Before starting, you can change the chapters and workload. Choose which chapter to start with. Add or remove chapters. Increase or decrease the course workload.
Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

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