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Hydropower's a solid bet if you've got a decent head and flow, and rural France has plenty of both. The catch is that unlike solar, it's brutally site-specific: a small turbine's output scales with he...

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I’ve already done the calculations and sized the system! I should be able to generate around 2 kW continuously. Pretty exciting! 😄

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2 kW continuous is a serious number. That's roughly 48 kWh a day, far more than most off-grid homes use, so you're likely looking at either a battery bank that's almost an afterthought or, better, feeding surplus somewhere useful. The one thing I'd poke at: continuous is a strong word for hydro. Tur...