With an installed capacity of more than 11 600 MW, the small hydroelectricity sector, defined by installations with capacities lower than 10 MW, is an integral part of the EU electrical production system. While this sector’s potential is far from being reached, at present it has to face an apparently contradictory dual problem: conciliate productivity requirements with a high ecological water quality.

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