TY - BOOK
T1 - Standard Modular Hydropower: Case Study on Modular Facility Design
AU - Witt, Adam M.
AU - Deneale, Scott
AU - Papanicolaou, Thanos Athanasios N.
AU - Abban, Benjamin
AU - Bishop, Norm
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Hydropower is a reliable, cost-effective, and widely deployed method of harnessing the power of river systems for human benefit.The undeveloped technical hydropower resource in the United States consists overwhelmingly of sites with small hydropower potential of less than 10 MW of installed capacity. Most existing hydropower projects and the bulk of proposed projects in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission development pipeline are also small hydropower projects. However, the rate of development of new small hydropower projects is at a historical low because of the risks, costs, and uncertainty associated with project development. An acute challenge is the identification and mitigation of adverse environmental impacts, such as alterations to streamflow and water quality and the introduction of barriers that threaten geomorphologic processes and the resiliency of ecological communities. Success in new small hydropower development demands that low-cost, innovative approaches be developed to decrease the adverse environmental impacts of construction and operation.
AB - Hydropower is a reliable, cost-effective, and widely deployed method of harnessing the power of river systems for human benefit.The undeveloped technical hydropower resource in the United States consists overwhelmingly of sites with small hydropower potential of less than 10 MW of installed capacity. Most existing hydropower projects and the bulk of proposed projects in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission development pipeline are also small hydropower projects. However, the rate of development of new small hydropower projects is at a historical low because of the risks, costs, and uncertainty associated with project development. An acute challenge is the identification and mitigation of adverse environmental impacts, such as alterations to streamflow and water quality and the introduction of barriers that threaten geomorphologic processes and the resiliency of ecological communities. Success in new small hydropower development demands that low-cost, innovative approaches be developed to decrease the adverse environmental impacts of construction and operation.
KW - 13 HYDRO ENERGY
U2 - 10.2172/1484123
DO - 10.2172/1484123
M3 - Commissioned report
BT - Standard Modular Hydropower: Case Study on Modular Facility Design
CY - United States
ER -