Volume 2 Issue 2 February 2021
Hydro Rehab, Large and Small Maintaining hydroelectric facilities in good working order is critical for several reasons. Hydroelectric facilities are major power producers for our nation and will only become more important as renewable energy standards become more stringent. Moreover, hydroelectric facilities that fall into poor repair can pose significant hazards to life and […]
FERC Regulatory Considerations for Project Modifications
By Chuck Sensiba and Elizabeth McCormick It is well known that hydropower is one of the oldest forms of electricity generation in the United States, with hydropower plants accounting for 99 percent of all currently operating capacity built before 1930. Incredibly, the average hydroelectric facility has been operating for over 60 years, and the 50 […]
Environmentally Friendly Epoxy Coating System Offers Big Benefits to Hydroelectric Station
By Max Silva In 2015, one of the largest electric power holding companies in the United States, which has provided clean, renewable energy since 1912, began a project focusing on the protection, mitigation, and enhancement of select hydro stations and the areas surrounding them. The improvements on one particular structure, which had been operating safely […]
Difficult Conditions Make for a Challenging Rehabilitation of a Small Hydroelectric Plant
The Noone Falls Mill hydroelectric project, located in Peterborough, New Hampshire, was in need of an upgrade. Marty Greco, its new owner, replaced its generators, its electrical switchgear, and its turbine units. The penstock, however, posed additional challenges. Dating back more than a century, the penstock ran under a road, along the foundation of a […]
Rehabilitating the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Hydropower Fleet
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers runs the country’s biggest hydroelectric fleet, generating 23 gigawatts of clean, renewable energy. Keeping that fleet in good operating condition and ensuring that it can provide power at competitive rates requires continual maintenance and efforts to upgrade and rehabilitate generators and dams. Currently, the Army Corps is in the […]
Del Shannon of Schnabel Engineering on Dam Construction and Rehabilitation
Schnabel Engineering is an engineering firm that does significant dam design and rehabilitation work across the United States, focusing on geotechnical, structural, hydraulic, and mechanical issues and other important factors. Del Shannon is a principal at Schnabel Engineering and a senior vice president in its dam and levee engineering group. In this interview, he tells […]
Martin Sintak on Mavel’s Low-Head Malczyce Dam in Poland
Founded immediately after the fall of communism in the former Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic-based Mavel has grown to be a world leader in hydroelectric equipment. While the company provides a full range of turbines, one of its specialties is low-head hydro. Much of Mavel’s low-head hydro expertise was gained through designing and providing turbines for 10 […]
