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RETScreen International - Renewable Energy Project Analysis Software - http://retscreen.gc.ca/ang/menu.html
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. |
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Turning to Hydropower - http://www.fwee.org/
Site by the Foundation for Water and Energy Education. Promotes and provides extensive information about hydropower in the U.S. Northwest. |
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U.S. DOE Hydropower Program - http://hydropower.inel.gov
Information about hydroelectric power, state resource assessments, technology research and development, environmental concerns, and advanced hydropower turbines. |
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National Hydropower Association - http://www.hydro.org
U.S. trade association. A comprehensive site containing policy information, relicensing information, and generally promoting industry interests. |
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Hydro Research Foundation - http://www.hydrofoundation.org/
U.S. organization that promotes hydropower by facilitating research and providing educational opportunities. Includes public information. |
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Power Matters - Hydroelectric Power - http://www.tva.gov/power/hydro.htm
Tennessee Valley Authority site with a description and diagram of a generic hydroelectric dam and a pumped storage facility. |
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Three Gorges Probe - http://www.probeinternational.org/catalog/three_gorges_probe.php
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. |
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Bureau of Reclamation Hydropower Program - http://www.usbr.gov/power/edu/edu.html
U.S. government agency. General information including the history of hydropower development, a glossary of terms, and major producers. |
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International Small-Hydro Atlas - http://www.small-hydro.com
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. |
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Microhydro Web Portal - http://microhydropower.net
Information about run-of-the-river systems up to 300 kilowatts. Includes the microhydro discussion group, microhydro basics, and links. |
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Dam-Reservoir Impact & Information Archive: DRIIA - http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/dams/
Information on dams, water diversions, impoundments, and hydroelectric projects, their impacts, and related links. |
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Water Wheel Factory - http://www.waterwheelfactory.com
Reference and historical information, kits, pictures, and plans for water wheels and water turbines. |
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Saint Lawrence FDR Power Project Relicensing - http://www.stl.nypa.gov
Description of the project, the relicensing process, and a newsletter about the relicensing process. |
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Cink Hydro Energy k.s. - http://www.cink-hydro-energy.com/
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. |
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California Hydropower Reform Coalition - http://www.calhrc.org
Conservation and community organizations working to reduce the impacts of FERC licensed hydropower projects on the rivers of California. Contains relicensing resources. |
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El Dorado Irrigation District FERC Project 184 Relicensing - http://www.project184.org/
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. |
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Hydro Information Systems Turbnpro Version 3 Software - http://www.turbnpro.com
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. |
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Lake Murray, Saluda River, Columbia, South Carolina Dam Re-Licensing - http://parkinhunter.tripod.com/lake_murray_page.html
Resources for citizen involvement in the re-licensing of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Project 516. |
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Industrial Screen Products - http://wedgewire.com/fish.htm
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. |
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Federal Power Act - http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/16/ch12.html
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. |