一、国外小水电发展概况(一)小水电规模的划分装机多少称小水电,各国没有统一的划分标准。美国1978年《公用事业管理政策法》规定,装机1.5万千瓦以下的称小水电。苏联规定3万千瓦以下的水电站称小水电。联合国工发组织召开的“国际小水电第二次会议”建议小水电的定义采用以下标准: First, the overview of the development of small hydropower abroad (A) the size of small hydropower installed capacity, said the number of small hydropower, there is no uniform standard of division. The United States in 1978, “Public Utilities Management Policy” provides that installed capacity of 15,000 kilowatts called small hydropower. The Soviet Union stipulates that 30,000 kilowatts of hydropower stations called small hydropower. UNIDO’s “Second Meeting of Small Hydropower Internationals” proposed the following criteria for the definition of SHP: