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• DOE Announces $5 Million to Assess Upgrade Opportunities at Hydropower Facilities

  Written by Francisco / on 04/20/2012 / 0 Comments

  

  From DOE:

  April 17, 2012
  In support of President Obama's all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Energy Department today announced up to $5 million available this year to assess opportunities to increase power production at up to 40 existing hydropower facilities around the nation. Through this competitive funding opportunity, the Department will work with hydropower professionals to conduct standardized assessments to identify opportunities to increase generation and value at hydropower plants-already the nation's largest source of renewable energy. As much of America's aging hydropower infrastructure is more than 50 years old, this effort could help accelerate the deployment of upgrades at existing hydropower ..

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• DOE Report Finds Major Potential to Increase Clean Hydroelectric Power

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  April 17, 2012
  

  From the EERE Office at the Department of Energy:

  As part of President Obama's all-out, all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Energy Department today released a renewable energy resource assessment detailing the potential to develop electric power generation at existing dams across the United States that aren't currently equipped to produce power. The report estimates that without building a single new dam, these available hydropower resources, if fully developed, could provide an electrical generating capacity of more than 12 gigawatts (GW), equivalent to roughly 15% of current U.S. hydropower capacity. These findings demonstrate one of the ways the nation can ..

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• Hydropower - The Major Renewable Energy Power Market

  Written by Francisco / on 10/14/2011 / 0 Comments

  

  Amsterdam - Hydropower is getting enormous support from various governments around the world through favorable policies and incentives. The global hydropower market continued its growth traction in 2010 by adding nearly 38.7 Gigawatts (GW), resulting in a year-on-year growth of 3.8%. Of all the renewable energy sources, hydropower is one of the most widely used, as it is inexpensive and is the oldest form of renewable energy. Hydropower accounted for 76.5% of global renewable power installed capacity as of 2010.

  The global hydropower installed capacity increased at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 3.5% during the period 2006-2010. The global ..

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