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Hydropower and energy potential at non-powered dams / Kevin F. Anderson and Sandra A. Collins, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Renewable Energy: Research, Development and Policies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hydroelectric power plants--United States.
- Hydroelectric power plants.
- Dams--Modification--United States.
- Dams.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (89 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, [New York] : Novinka, 2013.
- Summary:
- The United States has produced clean, renewable electricity from hydropower for more than 100 years, but hydropower-producing facilities represent only a fraction of the infrastructure development that has taken place on the nation's waterways. In contrast to the roughly 2,500 dams, the United States has more than 80,000 non-powered dams (NPDs)--dams that do not produce electricity--providing a variety of services ranging from water supply to inland navigation. Importantly, many of the monetary costs and environmental impacts of dam construction have already been incurred at NPDs, so adding power to the existing dam structure can often be achieved at lower cost, with less risk, and in a shorter timeframe than development requiring new dam construction. This book discusses hydropower generation, government involvement at federal and nonfederal levels and the energy potential at non-powered dams.
- Contents:
- HYDROPOWER AND ENERGY POTENTIAL AT NON-POWERED DAMS; HYDROPOWER AND ENERGY POTENTIAL AT NON-POWERED DAMS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 HYDROPOWER : FEDERAL AND NONFEDERAL INVESTMENT; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND; FEDERAL HYDROPOWER; NONFEDERAL HYDROPOWER; LEGISLATIVE QUESTIONS; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX. FERC INTEGRATED LICENSING PROCESS; Chapter 2 AN ASSESSMENT OF ENERGY POTENTIAL AT NON -POWERED DAMS IN THE UNITED STATES; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. METHODOLOGY; 3. RESULTS; APPENDIX B. ACRONYMS; REFERENCES; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62257-712-4
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