Hydro Renewable Energy

Hydro Renewable Energy

Hydro

Hydro power is energy -- usually in the form of electricity -- provided by moving water. This is the subject of this category. In some regions (such as eastern Canada) "hydro" is used as a synonym for "electricity." Look for "electricity" in other categories.

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- Basic overview of small systems, with links.
- Documents associated with the hydro-electric relicensing project, primarily located in the El Dorado National Forest in California. Includes calendar, scientific studies, and a list server for project information.
- Proposal for a small-scale, run-of-river, hydroelectric development in British Columbia.
- Network specializing in very small hydro systems, up to 5 kilowatts. Includes articles, down loadable publications, and links.
- U.S. government agency. General information including the history of hydropower development, a glossary of terms, and major producers.
- U.S. organization that promotes hydropower by facilitating research and providing educational opportunities. Includes public information.
- Information about hydroelectric power, state resource assessments, technolgy research and development, environmental concerns, and advanced hydropower turbines.
- Resources for citizen involvement in the re-licensing of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Project 516.
- Statutory framework for the U.S. regulation of the construction, operation, and maintenance of dams, water conduits, reservoirs, power houses, and transmission lines related to the utilization of water resources.
- Information about run-of-the-river systems up to 300 kilowatts. Includes the microhydro discussion group, microhydro basics, and links.
- Software for the selection of hydroelectric turbines. Determines preferred turbine size, type, and arrangement from site data. Predicts the performance and energy production for the site.
- Describes small-scale hydroelectric technology (portable to 15 kilowatts, stationary from 50 kilowatts to 5 megawatts) utilizing new high efficiency (84%) cross-flow turbines, available from FINESA, Inc., Prague, Czech Republic.
- Federal, state, and local conservation and recreation organizations working to reform policies and achieve improvements to rivers altered by dams with resources for citizen participation in the relicensing process.
- Technological and regulatory information related to project development, including project sites, organizations, contacts, literature, assessment tools and methodologies,opportunities for research and development, and financing guidelines.
- Collected stories from the Tri-City Herald about the controversy surrounding the possible breaching of the Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose, and Lower Granite dams on the Lower Snake River in Washington State.
- Basic information and FAQs about small systems, provided by the Jade Mountain company.
- Information about the scientific, technical, economic, social, and environmental effects of completing the Three Gorges dam in China, as well as the alternatives to the dam.
- Conservation and community organizations working to reduce the impacts of FERC licensed hydropower projects on the rivers of California. Contains relicensing resources.
- ICH promotes the development and utilization of hydroelectric power resources through education and training, project development, energy conservation and courses and seminars in environmental management.
- Description of the project, the relicensing process, and a newsletter about the relicensing process.
- Tennessee Valley Authority site with a description and diagram of a generic hydroelectric dam and a pumped storage facility.
- Site by the Foundation for Water and Energy Education. Promotes and provides extensive information about hydropower in the U.S. Northwest.
- Photographs and descriptions of problems caused by pump turbines.
- Reference and historical information, kits, pictures, and plans for water wheels and water turbines.
- Role of hydroelectric generation in Hawaii, including descriptions of specific facilities, facts, and links.
- Free software provided by Canada to evaluate renewable energy projects. Evaluate the energy production, life-cycle costs, and greenhouse gas emissions reduction for central-grid and isolated-grid connected small hydro projects.
- Information about dam relicensing and related issues on Idaho rivers including the Salmon, Snake, Bear, Moyie, and Boundary Creek.
- U.S. trade association. A comprehensive site containing policy information, relicensing information, and generally promoting industry interests.
- Product and contact information for manufacturer of wire fish screens that prevent entrainment, injury, or death of targeted aquatic species by physically stopping fish from entering a water intake.
- Information on dams, water diversions, impoundments, and hydroelectric projects, their impacts, and related links.

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