Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Record rainfall, faulty gates and inherent design issues contributed to the July 2010 breach of Iowa's Delhi Dam, investigators found. The overtopping caused the earthen embankment to erode and eventually emptied Lake Delhi, causing millions in property...
Kevin Frank was named chief executive officer and president of Voith Hydro Inc. in November 2010. Frank discusses technology, policy and the factors driving the hydropower market.
Work is proceeding on development of four hydroelectric projects on the Ohio River: 84-MW Cannelton, 72-MW Smithland, 35-MW Willow Island and 105-MW Captain Anthony Meldahl. Developer AMP is dedicated to hydro, with two more potential projects in the...
The selective water withdrawal structure installed and operating at Round Butte Dam posed a variety of challenges in terms of design, construction and installation. Today, the structure allows juvenile fish numbering in the hundreds of thousands to pass...
Throughout North America, dozens of new hydropower projects are being proposed, planned, constructed or put into operation. One location offering the greatest opportunity for new hydropower development is the state of Alaska in the United States.
Michael P. Maley is the newest member of the executive team at Hydro Green Energy LLC, a developer of low-head hydropower projects. Maley discusses the company's technology, its business...
A relatively new generation of waterpower technologies, broadly categorized as marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) energy systems, offers the possibility of generating electricity from water without dams and diversions. The potential power that could be derived...
The 19 projects highlighted in this report illustrate the type of rehabilitation work occurring at hydroelectric facilities throughout North America. Projects of all sizes continue to be rehabilitated and modernized. The size of plants featured on the...
In downtown Minneapolis, workers are putting the finishing touches on a new 10-MW hydroelectric project that will begin generating power early this year for customers of Xcel Energy...
The Canadian province of Quebec faces a challenge common among many countries: reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. For example, in its Fifth U.S. Climate Action Report to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, completed in 2010,...
