The methodology of the the research is twofold; first characteristics of the researched power plants were analyzed from public records related to 18 different power plant projects.
Aðferðafræði rannsóknarinnar var tvíþætt, annars vegar voru einkennandi þættir smávirkjanaframkvæmda greindir út frá greinargerðum og öðrum opinberum gögnum tengdum 18 smávirkjunum.