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Construction of large‐scale hydropower plants poses a great threat on the environment, balance of ecosystem and the life of aquatic species. Small‐scale hydropower plants offer a solution to these persisting problems with large‐scale hydropower plants. Further, small hydro plants do not disturb the flow of the river to generate electricity which makes them environment‐friendly. At present, small hydro plants are not profitable; however, it can become cost‐effective with the usage of digitalized operation and control technologies (Kougias et al. 2016a) along with combination of other variable renewable energy technologies (Kougias et al. 2016b).