Managing the Columbia River to Meet Anadromous Fish Requirements
According to northwest fishery agencies and Indian tribes the protection for juvenile salmon and steelhead is not adequate. The Northwest Power Planning Council, formed as the result of...
Radio Telemetry as a Tool for Fisheries Mitigation
Monitoring discrete fixed locations requires automated receivers and data loggers while manned, mobile receivers are more suited to general movement or habitat studies. Of the three tagging...
Hydropower and Fish Passage Impacts
The Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (Act) of 1980 formed the Northwest Power Planning Council, which establishes criteria and sets goals for developing future...
Tailwater Management for Beneficial Uses
Tailwaters can provide significant benefits for recreation, fisheries, assimilative capacity for treated wastewaters, and water supply for municipalities and industries. Development and...
Regional Rivers Resource Assessment as a Tool for Hydropower Planning and Policy: The Pacific Northwest Rivers Study
In August, 1984, the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and the Northwest Power Planning Council (Council) initiated a study to provide information about important river characteristics...
Using IFIM at the Upper Greenwich Project and Other Hydropower Developments
The Instream Flow Incremental Methodology (IFIM) is widely used at numerous hydroelectric projects today for determining flow releases. IFIM is capable of quantifying changes in aquatic...
The Groundwater Studies for the Harrisburg Hydroelectric Project
The proposed Harrisburg Hydroelectric Project is a conventional 34.4-MW power facility located on the Susquehanna River in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The project will raise the river water...
An Evaluation of the Applicability and Cost of Polyester Resin and Cementitious Grouts for the Installation of Rock Anchors at Hydro Projects
The success of two proposed hydropower projects in the States of Virginia, and West Virginia depended on the ability of a rock anchor system to support the penstocks at the crown of the...
Geology and Hydrofacture, Moose River Power Tunnel, New York
The Moose River Hydroelectric Project, Lyonsdale, New York, is constructed in Precambrian gneiss of the western Adirondack Mountains. A key element of the project was construction and...
Design and Installation of Prestressed Rock Anchors for Penstocks at the Sheldon Springs Project
A mini-hydroelectric project producing 25MW of power was recently completed near St. Albans, Vermont. The power conduit conveys water from the intake on the river to a bifurcation and...
Instream Flow and Energy Production Studies for Hydro Relicensing
A methodology for assessing the effects of alternative flow release scenarios on both aquatic habitat and on energy production was utilized during instream flow studies at a 72-MW hydroelectric...
Financing and Marketing Feasibility Tests for Proposed Federal Hydroelectric Power Projects
The Southwestern Power Administration (SWPA), an agency of the Department of Energy, is responsible for marketing the power and energy produced at Federal hydroelectric power projects...
Evaluation of Hydro Facilities for Sale to Another Utility
STS Hydropower had been contacted by a major industrial client near one of the STS regional offices for the purpose of evaluating both the technical and financial status of several operating...
Evaluating Financial Performance of Public and Private Firms Involved in Hydropower Development
The extended abstract compares companies that have gone public and the authors' own company which is private. Included are five publicly, or formerly publicly traded companies...
Capital Cost Modelling for Micro-Hydro Appraisal
Empirical capital cost models for mini- and micro-hydro installations have not been validated with consistent site information. This paper reviews cost modelling techniques and describes...
New Martinsville Hydroelectric Project
The New Martinsville Hydroelectric Project consists of a dual bulb unit, 34 MW powerhouse constructed at an existing lock and dam navigation facility. The project was completed on budget...
Jim Falls Hydro Redevelopment Project Construction
The Jim Falls Hydro Redevelopment Project consists of two 28.5 MW vertical Kaplan units in an enclosed powerhouse with an adjacent spillway. The spillway contains three radial gates, each...
The Construction of the Sidney A. Murray, Jr. Hydroelectric Power Plant
The project, consisting of eight 8.2m bulb turbines rated at 192MW, is located in the State of Louisiana and will use a portion of the water diverted from the Mississippi River to the...
Feasibility, Licensing and Design: Bradley Lake Hydroelectric Project
This paper describes the licensing, environmental, engineering, and design aspects of the project. Due to the project's remote location and geological setting, the paper will...
Retrofitting of Hydro Electric Generators with Bus Fed Solid State Excitation Systems
The Northern Hydro Division has completed retrofitting the excitation systems on 22 generating units ranging in output from 1 to 95 MWatts. The Big Creek Hydro Project upgraded these systems...
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