Emrgy’s Low-Cost, Low-Impact, High-Performance In-Canal Turbines
Atlanta-based Emrgy has created a unique hydropower device that can be deployed in water conveyance canals and channels to transform them into power generation assets. Arrays of its modular devices can be deployed with no modification to or construction in the canals themselves. In this interview, Emrgy’s chief technology officer (CTO), Tom Cuthbert, tells us […]
Hudson Hollister of HData: Automating Compliance and Business Intelligence for FERC Licensees
HData is a tech company that has developed a platform that uses regulatory data to automate compliance and business intelligence for FERC-regulated entities. Hydro Leader spoke with HData founder and CEO Hudson Hollister about leading the charge for searchable data and the next generation of smart dashboards and predictive analytics to inform financial management and […]
How the Bureau of Reclamation’s Lease of Power Privilege Program Relates to FERC
Federal initiatives to boost hydroelectric potential at federally owned facilities have led the Bureau of Reclamation to offer lease of power privilege (LOPP) contracts, which authorize a nonfederal entity to use its facilities to generate hydropower. However, it is not always immediately apparent whether nonfederal development on Reclamation project facilities will fall under the jurisdiction […]
Kim Hansen of Kleinschmidt Associates: Putting the Challenges Posed by FERC’s New Part 12 Regulations in Perspective
Kim Hansen, a senior engineering consultant with Kleinschmidt Associates, has worked in the hydro industry for more than 40 years and has conducted more than 100 Part 12 safety inspections. Hydro Leader reached out to him for perspective on the hydro industry’s current challenges in complying with the new Part 12 rule released in December […]
Tom Fitzgerald of Schnabel Engineering on FERC’s New Dam Safety Rules
In December 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released a final rule amending its regulations on the safety of water power projects and project works, contained in title 18, part 12, of the Code of Federal Regulations. The new regulations introduce two tiers of public safety inspections, codify existing guidance on Owners Dam Safety […]
An Industry Homecoming at the Inaugural Clean Currents Conference and Trade Show
October 2021 saw the successful completion of the inaugural annual Clean Currents conference and trade show—an event by the industry, for the industry, with its profits reinvested in the industry, owned and organized by the National Hydropower Association (NHA). Its variety of session formats and its focus on innovation and participation made it a highly […]
Gomez and Sullivan Engineering: A Multigenerational Hydropower Engineering and Environmental Science Consulting Firm
Gomez and Sullivan Engineers is a hydropower engineering and environmental science consulting firm based in the Northeast with nearly 30 years of experience. Beyond its core dam safety and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) licensing functions, Gomez and Sullivan also provides penstock inspections and design, FERC license implementation and compliance services, fish passage design and […]
Lasalle|NHC’s Specialized Hydraulics and Water Resources Consulting Services
Part of Northwest Hydraulic Consultants (NHC), Lasalle|NHC is a Montréal-based consulting firm offering services in the fields of hydraulics, applied fluid mechanics, and water resources. It has significant expertise in the use of physical hydraulic scale models and computer modeling, including for the design and construction of hydropower facilities. In this interview, Lasalle|NHC President Marc […]
Global Diving & Salvage Deploys Saturation Divers at Gross Dam
Global Diving & Salvage employs world-class, highly skilled divers who perform a wide range of underwater tasks in marine and upland environments, including inspections, salvage operations, marine construction, demolition, and repair. It provides dive systems and teams to work in a wide range of depths, from surface air and mixed gas to saturation diving. Global […]
Denver Water Takes a Deep Dive at Gross Dam
When your workers live and work 270 feet underwater for weeks on end, safety first becomes more than just a slogan. Denver Water’s Dam Safety Engineering Manager Douglas Raitt spoke with Hydro Leader about the unique challenges involved in a recent project to replace an underwater trash rack. He also talked about how his organization […]
