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Community micro-hydropower in the Dominican RepublicCEFR A1
29 Mar 2026
Adapted from Zahiris Priscila Francisco Martínez, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Fran Pencliffe, Unsplash
Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
2 min
72 words
- The Dominican Republic has electricity in most rural areas.
- Some small remote communities still do not have electricity.
- Micro-hydropower brings power to distant mountain villages.
- Local people build and manage these small plants.
- Plants use flowing water and avoid large dams.
- Construction can take several years to finish.
- Solar panels are used when rivers run low.
- Many families pay a small fee to join.
- Projects reduce household energy costs and pollution.
Difficult words
- micro-hydropower — small electricity from moving river water
- rural — places outside cities and towns
- remote — far away and hard to reach
- dam — a wall that stops river waterdams
- construction — the work of building something
- solar panel — devices that make electricity from sunlightSolar panels
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Discussion questions
- Do you have electricity at home?
- Do you use solar panels where you live?
- Have you ever been to a remote village?
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