Hydropower Engineering
Articles & Whitepapers
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Project - 1.6 MW, NY
Year: 2017 Running Gear: Vertical shaft Kaplan turbine with synchronous generator. Scope: Replacement control system and exciter. Located in upstate NY, this hydroelectric plant was built in the mid-1980s in response to the federal PURPA legislation. The site is well suited to hydropower, with a small labyrinth dam spanning the river banks just above a beautiful cascade into a deep gorge. ...
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Project - 3.4 MW, NC
Year: 2022 Running Gear: 2 vertical shaft Francis turbines with synchronous generators Scope: Replacement of control system, excitation, and governors Set in a resort town in the mountains of ...
News
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New U.S. DOE White Paper: Compensation Mechanisms for Long- Duration Energy Storage
This is the Executive Summary of the recently published white paper, Compensation Mechanisms for Long-Duration Energy Storage (August 2022, U.S. Department of Energy) Rapidly changing power system conditions, driven by decarbonization goals, are ...
Equipment & Solutions
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Grilles for Fine and Coarse Solids
For Imesa, grilles are one of the most important elements of hydroelectric power stations. Imesa designs, manufactures and assembles grilles for fine and gross solids with no limit on size for hydroelectric power stations (hydroelectric, WWTPs, DWTPs and CCTPSs) to any quality standard, always in accordance with the exact calculations depending on the load of water in each power station.