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 […]
Luc Deroo of ISL: Addressing 21st Century Challenges for Dams and Reservoirs
Luc Deroo is the managing director of ISL, a French consulting engineering firm that is active in dam and reservoir work across Europe, Africa, and Asia. He is also involved in the French Committee on Dams and Reservoirs and in the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD). His work in ICOLD particularly focuses on emerging […]
The International Committee on Large Dams’ World Declaration on Dam Safety
Michael Rogers is an experienced civil engineer with 40 years of experience at Stantec Consulting Services, Inc., currently serving as the global practice leader for dams. Mr. Rogers has served in prominent roles in the United States Society on Dams (USSD) and the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD), of the latter of which he […]
Tony Bennett: Improving Public Safety Around Dams in Canada and Worldwide
Tony Bennett is the longtime director of dam and public safety at Ontario Power Generation (OPG), which generates half the electricity for the Canadian province of Ontario. Over the course of his career at OPG and as a participant in the Canadian Dam Association (CDA) and the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD), Mr. Bennett […]
Catrin Bryan: Advancing Dam Safety on Both Sides of the U.S.-Canada Border
Catrin Bryan’s experience in the field of dam safety spans both disciplinary and international boundaries. Currently the director of dam safety at engineering and construction firm McMillen Jacobs Associates, she has also served as the president and vice president of the Canadian Dam Association (CDA) and serves as the Canadian director and as a board […]
Brenna Vaughn of the Northwest Hydroelectric Association: A Voice for the Hydropower Industry
The Northwest Hydroelectric Association (NWHA) is a trade association that represents independent energy producers; public and private utilities; local, state, and regional government entities; and individuals across the Northwestern United States and Canada. Its mission is to promote the region’s waterpower as a clean, efficient energy source while protecting wildlife and the environment. In this […]
