The comparative analysis and revelation of economic benefit of small hydropower plants (SHPs)

The economic benefit of small hydropower plants (SHPs) is one of the hot spots which were discussed the most today. This paper will analysis the economic benefit of SHPs from different aspects, including the power capacity, the profit ability, the debt redemption ability, the financial sustainable ability and the society contributes, combine the qualitative analysis and the quantitative analysis, and throw out the quantitative analysis, objectively come to a result that different small hydropower plant has the different economic efficiency, and finally obtains the various enlightenments and the policy suggestions.