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WHO ARE WE


​THE FLOW 

The Flow​ is our newsletter featuring member updates, HPNET thematic features, and relevant videos, webinars, publications, and announcements.  Click below to see content of The Flow.  Be sure to use the categories links!
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KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE & ADVOCACY

Since our start in 2013, we have organized 70+ learning events, including in-person and virtual knowledge exchange, capacity building, and advocacy activities.  Learn more about some of them here!

​​OUR ACCELERATOR:   seeed - SOCIAL ENTERPRISE FOR ENERGY, ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Collating 40-years of experiential hindsight in the Asia Pacific on what makes projects sustainable and deliver optimal socio-economic and environmental benefits, we established the Social Enterprise for Energy, Ecological and Economic Development (SEEED) approach for community-scale hydro implementation.  The approach is embedded into an accelerator program aimed to unlock the full potential of hydro mini-grid practitioners and communities. Check out the SEEED E-Learning Platform here or click below!
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THEMATIC WORK STREAMS

Our thematic work streams cover technology, socio-environment, and policy aspects to advance community-scale hydropower.  Some knowledge exchange activities include advocacy components.  Click below to learn more.
TECHNOLOGY
Training & Manufacturing 
Grid Interconnection
Load Management & Controllers​
SOCIO-ENVIRONMENT
Productive End Use
Local Social Capital
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Environmental Impact & Watersheds
POLICY
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Access to Finance
Integrated Energy Planning
Strategic Advocacy

COUNTRY WORK STREAMS

Bridging multi-thematic priorities and multi-stakeholders, HPNET's country-specific work streams leverage knowledge exchange and advocacy for field-based impact.  Country-level progress in turn inspires our thematic work streams.  Click below for updates.
ASIA-PACIFIC
Afghanistan
​Bhutan
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Myanmar
Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
LATIN AMERICA
Colombia
Guatemala
Nicaragua
​Peru
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Cameroon
Ethiopia
Madagascar
Malawi
Nigeria
Rwanda
​Zambia

STAKEHOLDER WORK STREAMS

Most recently HPNET has started to create space for minority stakeholders to exchange and/or voice​ their perspectives and experience.  Click below for more information.  Additional stakeholder work streams can be considered based on demand.
WOMEN PRACTITIONERS
Hidden No More


INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Earth Voices


LOCAL MANUFACTURERS & DEVELOPERS
Member Profiles
​StreamSide Chats
SEEED Accelerator

STREAMSIDE CHATS

StreamSide Chats​ is our video podcast featuring deep-dive conversations with grassroots innovators and international experts of small-scale hydropower, offering insights from the ground, framed within multi-thematic analysis.  Click below to view all editions of StreamSide Chats.

Edition 1:  Recovery and Resilience
Edition 2:  Resilience Enterprise in Nepal
Edition 3:  Community Utilities in Pakistan
Edition 4:  Social Environmental Resilience in Kalinga
Edition 5:  Local Manufacturing in Malawi - ​Coming Soon!

WEBINARS

2017 Webinar Series
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Differentiating Between Mini-Grid Technologies
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Productive End Use of Micro Hydro: Three Examples of How to Make It Happen
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Grid Interconnection:  What happens to mini-grids when the big grid arrives?
2019 Webinar Series
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Mini-Grid Reliability:  The Role of Training Centers for Micro and Mini Hydropower
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Mini-Grid Planning:  Integrated Energy Planning for Rural Electrification
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Mini-Grid Financing: 
​Enabling the Role of Local Banks

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Mini-Grid Sustainability:  Transitioning to Enterprise-based Micro Hydropower
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