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Chief Joseph Dam, WA. Run-of-the-river hydropower. No sizable reservoir. Wikimedia Commons Small hydro may have a promising future, especially run-of-the-river hydropower. Dams are not needed, eliminating the major problems of destruction of habitat and large areas by flooding plus the inevitable silting up of dams. Instead, water is diverted to power turbines then released [...] Standing on Hoover Dam The turbines at Hoover Dam have a nameplate capacity of 2.08 GW, making it one of the largest hydro plants in the country and equal to nuclear and big coal plants. The Dam certainly is immense, 650 feet long and 229 feet tall. Lake Mead stretches for 110 miles behind [...] (Crossposted from CAIVN. It’s clear that the push towards renewable energy can be just the same old slimy lobbyists and special interests ramming through bills that benefit them and hurt the rest of us. There is no rational reason why hydropower should not be considered renewable energy in California except that, I’m guessing, the [...] More efficient (and fish-friendly) turbines, increased pumped storage, better intakes and other refinements means much more power can be generated from existing hydro installations, all of it virtually carbon free. Plus, we’re barely using what we have. Hydropower accounts for 6 percent of the U.S.’s electricity consumption and nearly 75 percent of renewable power, according [...] |  | ||||
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