Protecting the environment by promoting the use of hydropower

WELCOME to the website of the British Hydropower Association.  The BHA promotes the hydropower industry in the UK and abroad and aims to increase the awareness of its quality and scope in the wider world. Hydropower is one of the most reliable, predictable and least environmentally intrusive of all renewable energies.  The BHA strives to ensure that its potential is realised.

The hydropower sector in the United Kingdom is going through an exciting phase.  Government policy to limit carbon emissions has given us the opportunity to develop hydropower projects which previously would have been unviable.  Businesses, communities and individuals are now involved and are playing their part in in the fight against climate change.  In turn this has stimulated interest in the manufacturing and service sectors.  There is also a massive overseas market to be addressed. This will only get bigger as the importance of hydropower as a tried and tested renewable energy technology is realised.

The BHA is the only UK trade association which solely addresses the demands of the growing hydropower sector.  The expertise we can call upon is the best and most experienced that is available. 

We hope that you find our website interesting and useful and please consider joining the BHA to share in the exciting progress of an “old” new industry. 

David Williams, BHA CEO

Latest News and Events

• Stream Map

  The BHA is proud to be a partner in the European Small Hydropower Association's development of the "Stream Map" - the pan-European initiative with 27 countries participating in an in-depth review of small (<10MW) hydropower policy, energy potential and capabilities........

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• BHA Summer Hydro Forum - CALL FOR PAPERS

  In spite of the Government's spending review, renewable energy continues to be supported Hydropower will provide a significant contribution to the renewable energy mix and we must increase our effort to develop the vast potential of this vast resource. The BHA Summer Forum will be an opportunity to share experience, debate improvements and implement measures to achieve our goals. Click here for more details.

• Angling Trust anti-hydro campaigns

  There has been much recent press regarding the Angling Trust's second anti-hydropower campaigns, to which the BHA has compiled a critique to correct the inaccuracies............

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