Canyon Hydro: Custom-Designing Efficient Small Hydro Turbines
Canyon Hydro is a U.S. designer and manufacturer of custom hydro turbines, including micro hydro installations that can aid rural, off-grid communities or power remote buildings. In this interview, Brett Bauer, Canyon Hydro’s vice president of engineering, tells us about the company’s services, including manufacturing new turbines, refurbishing old ones, and aiding municipalities to recover […]
Chelan Public Utility District Plans for the Relicensing of Rock Island Dam
The Chelan County Public Utility District (Chelan PUD) provides electric power, water and wastewater services, and broadband to 50,000–60,000 central Washington customers. The current 40‑year license on Chelan PUD’s nearly century-old Rock Island Dam expires in 2028, and the district is already working to consult its stakeholders in preparation for the relicensing process. In this […]
Unexpected Interim Results in the Independent Investigation of the 2020 Breaches of Edenville and Sanford Dams
The catastrophic breach of central Michigan’s Edenville and Sanford Dams in May 2020 forced the evacuation of thousands of area residents and resulted in serious property damage. After the incident, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) engaged an independent forensic team (IFT) to investigate its causes. The IFT has recently released an interim report in […]
Representative Annie Kuster on the Twenty-First Century Dams Act
In July, Representatives Annie Kuster and Don Young introduced the bipartisan Twenty-First Century Dams Act in the U.S. House of Representatives, with a companion bill introduced in the United States Senate by Senator Dianne Feinstein. The bill would promote safety, increase green energy generation, and protect the environment by investing over $25 billion in upgrading […]
Volume 2 Issue 10 Nov/Dec 2021
Promoters of Progress, Public and Private By Kris Polly For our cover story, we have the honor of interviewing Representative Annie Kuster of New Hampshire. Representative Kuster was the cosponsor in the House of Representatives of the Twenty-First Century Dams Act, which would invest over $25 billion in dam upgrades, dam safety measures, and hydropower […]
Volume 2 Issue 9 October 2021
Promoters of Progress, Public and Private By Kris Polly Progress in hydropower is pushed forward by private companies; federal, state, and provincial entities; and even local agencies. All those levels are on view in this month’s Hydro Leader. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) funds important research into hydropower, marine energy, […]
Intake Screens Inc.’s Hydro Products
Intake Screens Inc. (ISI) was founded in 1996 to manufacture industrial-grade fish protection and debris management screen systems. Today, it designs custom screens for hydro, irrigation, municipal, and industrial facilities around the world. In this interview, ISI President Russell Berry IV and Director of Technical Services John Burnett tell us about the company’s history and […]
How CEATI International Helps Hydro Utilities Benefit From Industry Expertise
CEATI International is a membership-based research and advisory firm focused on the current and emerging needs of the electrical utilities industry. It facilitates user-driven interest groups that cover topics across the activities of an integrated power utility. Interest group members benefit from the experience and knowledge of their peers, as well as guidance and analysis […]
OPG: Hydro Projects to Support a Zero-Carbon Future
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is a provincially owned entity that uses its diverse fleet to generate half the electricity used by the Canadian province of Ontario. With 66 existing hydropower stations and an ambitious goal of supporting OPG’s newly released Climate Change Plan, which aims at achieving a net-zero carbon future through nuclear, hydro, and […]
David Evans and Associates Inc.’s High-Tech Underwater Dam Inspections
David Evans and Associates Inc. (DEA) is an engineering and professional services consulting firm with 29 offices and more than 850 employees nationwide. DEA serves energy, water, transportation, land development, surveying, and marine services clients. The firm provides numerous services of interest to hydropower facilities, including advanced underwater dam inspections that involve bathymetric data, remotely […]