Small Hydro

This page keeps a running list of megawatt (MW) scale small hydroelectric installations in the Caribbean region.

Belize hydro schemes:

• Mollejon hydro scheme – 25,000 kW
• Chalillo hydro scheme – 7,000 kW
• Vaca hydro scheme – 18,000 kW
• Rio Grande hydro scheme – 3,500 kW

Dominica hydro schemes:

• Trafalgar hydro scheme – 3,520 kW
• Padu hydro scheme – 1,800 kW
• Laudat hydro scheme – 1,240 kW

Dominican Republic hydro schemes:

coming soon.

Guadeloupe hydro schemes:

• Carbet hydro scheme – 3500 kW
• Bananier Amont hydro scheme – 1200 kW
• Bananier Aval hydro scheme – 1800 kW
• Partiteur hydro scheme – 500 kW
• Gaschet hydro scheme – 200 kW
• Letaye hydro scheme – 200 kW
• Bellevue hydro scheme – 100 kW
• Clairefontaine hydro scheme – 200kW
• Saint Sauveur hydro scheme – 70 kW
• Schoeler hydro scheme – 70 kW
• Le Bouichu hydro scheme – 200 kW
• Dole hydro scheme – 200 kW
• Valeau hydro scheme – 200 kW
• Bovis hydro scheme – 250 kW 
• Riviere du Gailon hydro scheme – 1500 kW
• Capesterre hydro scheme – 3500 kW (planned)

Haiti hydro schemes:

• Peligre hydro scheme – 54,000 kW (3×18 MW Francis Turbines)
• Caracol hydro scheme – 800 kW (capacity), 500 kW (available)
• Drouet hydro scheme – 2150 kW (1500 + 650 kW) (capacity), 1000 kW (available)
• Délugé-Lanzac hydro scheme – 1100 kW (800 + 300 kW) (capacity), 0 kW (available)
• Saut Mathurine hydro scheme – 1600 kW (2×800) (capacity), 1400 kW (available)
• Gaillard hydro scheme – 500 kW (capacity), 400 kW (available)
• Onde-Verte hydro scheme – 800 kW (650 + 150 kW) (capacity), 0 kW (available)

Jamaica hydro schemes:

• Maggotty Plant B hydro scheme – 7,200 kW
• Maggotty Plant A hydro scheme – 6,300 kW
• Rio Bueno A  hydro scheme –2,500 kW
• Rio Bueno B hydro scheme – 1,100 kW
• Rams Horn hydro scheme – 600 kW
• Constant Spring hydro scheme – 800 kW
• Roaring River hydro scheme – 3,800 kW
• Upper White River hydro scheme – 3,800 kW
• Lower White River hydro scheme – 4,900 kW

St. Vincent & Grenadines hydro schemes:

• South River hydro scheme – 870 kW
• Richmond hydro scheme – 1,100 kW
• Cumberland hydro scheme – 3,700 kW

Suriname hydro schemes:

• Afobaka hydro scheme – 180,000 kW