Objectives

The European Small Hydropower Association (ESHA) has the following objectives::

• To study and promote sustainable use of water to generate electrical energy from small production units of a capacity lower than 10 megawatts i.e. small hydropower (in further text: SHP)
• To unify the European SHP associations, industry and R&D institutions in a strong association, so that a maximum of SHP producers and other stakeholders, who are members of a national or regional association, would be members of ESHA
• To represent the SHP at European and international level
• To promote SHP on the international level, in particular in developing countries
• To ensure that the association is open to members of other professions, consultants, SHP equipment manufacturers as well as individual or corporate members and associations