34 Articles found
Canadian Hydro Components Ltd. (CHC) Articles
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McLeod dam hydro - Case study
The McLeod Dam is one of six dams on the Moira River in Belleville, Ontario, Canada, owned and operated by the Quinte Conservation Association. This dam was constructed in the late 1970’s for the primary purpose of ice and flood control. In ...
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Mill street dam hydro - Case study
The Mill Street Dam, owned and operated by the City of Auburn, is located on the Owasco river in Auburn, New York. The generating station installed in the early 1980’s was in operation until 2004, when the costs of equipment maintenance and ...
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Morgan falls hydro - Case study
The Morgan Falls Hydro plant was built in 1996 on the LaHave River near New Germany, Nova Scotia. The plant was built on the site of the abandoned pulp mill constructed by the Morgan Falls Pulp Co. in 1893. CHC provided a 1500 mm horizontal axial ...
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Medway hydro - Case study
n operation since 1923, the Medway Hydroelectric Project is a run-of-river generating facility located on the Penobscot River in Medway, Maine. The plant was restored by Black Bear Hydro Partners LLC in 2011/2012 under the Penobscot River ...
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Milford hydro - Case study
The Milford generating station, now owned and operated by Brookfield Renewable, is located on the Penobscot River in the State of Maine. The powerhouse was built in 1906 and contained four turbines with an installed capacity of 6.4 MW. In 2011, CHC ...
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Namewaminikan hydro development - Case study
Two new generating stations, Long Rapids and Twin Falls, located on the Namewaminikan River in Northern Ontario were commissioned in the spring of 2017. CHC provided a total of four 1850 mm axial flow Kaplan turbines with synchronous generators and ...
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Newport hydro - Case study
The Newport Hydro plant was acquired by Great Bay Hydro Corporation in 2004. The powerplant, located on the Clyde River in Newport, VT, is one of four hydro plants owned by the hydro developer and is a three unit production facility with an ...
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Orono “B”/ Stillwater “B” Hydro projects - Case study
In 2011, Black Bear Hydro Partners LLC constructed two new powerhouses at the Orono and Stillwater dams, located along the Penobscot River in the State of Maine. The new plants which were commissioned in 2012 are now owned and operated by Brookfield ...
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Nacoochee dam - Case study
The Nacoochee Development is located on the Tallulah River in Northeast Georgia and has been in operation since 1926. The plant produces 4.8 MW of power. CHC provided an 1850 mm conventional propeller replacement runner with manually adjustable ...
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Oswegatchie generating station - Case study
The Oswegatchie Hydro facility is located on the Upper Oswegatchie River in the Adirondack Mountains of Northern New York. CHC provided a water-to-wire package consisting of two 1250 mm axial flow Kaplan turbines with 1035 kW/450 RPM synchronous ...
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School street hydro - Case study
The School Street hydro plant was built in 1915 and overlooks the Cohoes Falls on the Mohawk River. Located in the heart of Cohoes’ Harmony Mills Historic District, the powerhouse was completely restored by Brookfield, who called upon CHC to ...
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Sherman island generating station - Case study
In 2004, Brookfield installed a new minimum flow turbine at its Sherman Island hydroelectric power facility, located on the Hudson River in Queensbury, NY. CHC provided a 1250 mm axial flow turbine for the new powerplant with a 1250 kW/514 RPM ...
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Tulloch 3rd unit addition - Case study
Located on the Stanislaus River in central California, the Tulloch Dam operates two vertical Francis units for a combined output of 18 MW. Commissioned in 2012, CHC provided an additional 1650 mm conventional Kaplan turbine-generator set which was ...
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Twin falls hydro redevelopment - Case study
Commissioned in the Spring of 2016, this new 9.2 MW powerhouse, located on the Menominee River on the border of Wisconsin and Michigan, houses two vertical 2500 mm axial flow Kaplan turbines with 4600 kW / 240 rpm synchronous generators, hydraulics ...
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West charleston hydro - Case study
In 2004, Great Bay Hydro Corporation acquired four generating facilities in Vermont, including the West Charleston Hydro plant which had been out of operation and abandoned for a number of years. The West Charleston plant was built in the early ...
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Enerdu plant expansion - Case study
Located in the picturesque town of Almonte, on the North bank of the Mississippi River, the Enerdu redevelopment project involves expanding the footprint of the original powerhouse out into the river to accommodate larger turbines and to increase ...
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Fulton repowering project - Case study
The Fulton power plant was originally built in the early 1920s and is located on the Oswego River in the City of Fulton, New York. After a number of failures with the existing equipment, the plant was completely shut down in 2013. CHC presented ...
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Gilman dam hydro - Case study
The Gilman Hydro Project is located partly in the Village of Gilman, in Essex County, Vermont and partly in the town of Dalton, New Hampshire. In effect, the boundary between the two states passes through the plant, so that two of the ...
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East millinocket hydro - Case study
The East Millinocket Hydro Facility is located on the Penobscot River in the town of Millinocket, Maine. The plant was originally constructed by the Great Northern Paper Company, and was acquired by Brookfield in 2002. The plant’s ...
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Holtwood hydroelectric facility - Case study
The Holtwood Dam was built in 1910 and is located on the Susquehenna River in Holtwood Pensylvania. The hydroelectric facility is owned and operated by PPL Generation LLC and is a ten unit facility with an installed capacity of approximately 108 MW. ...