Hydropower Articles
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Energy self-sufficient grain mill using hydroelectricity Finland - Case Study
Pitkäkoski grain mill, located in Kiuruvesi, Central Finland, stands next to an old hydropower plant from the 1930s. The mill itself has been working since the 19th century, and nowadays both the mill and the dam are owned by the current milling ...
By Nocart Ltd.
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The Economic Tide of this Renewable Resource is Rising
In the early 1970s, various types of wave energy converters were proposed as concerns surrounding the 1973 oil crisis began to rise. Since then, R&D of wave energy has been growing as more and more investors and engineers have acknowledged the resource’s environmental and economic benefits. According to a 2020 Market Research Report, the global wave energy market is projected to reach ...
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Hydro Power. Power Integrator Power Pilot
The Power Pilot power integrator has been specifically designed for use in hydroelectric plants with off-grid installations. The Power Pilot has been designed to allow the delivery of power in typically critical load conditions for the hydroelectric power production unit only and to improve the quality of the power supply to the users. Dedicated to Off-Grid Installations Those who manage a ...
By IREM SpA
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Charcoal Briquette Plant Turns Biomass Waste To Fuel Briquette
Building a biomass charcoal briquette plant will help to reduce other fuel costs and make extra value from the biofuel briquette. Charcoal briquette machine is the indispensable equipment in the charcoal briquette production line. Why Make The Charcoal Briquette Plant For Biomass Waste Among the world’s major energy components, biomass energy is now one of the most rapidly growing energy ...
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What Are The Requirements To Build A Charcoal Briquette Plant?
A high-quality charcoal briquette machine, in order to ensure the results of mechanism charcoal, not only from the equipment itself and operators, but also from the raw materials. Because of the quality of raw materials related to the quality of charcoal briquette machine finished products. Improving The Quality Of Charcoal Briquette Machine Finished Products 1. The physical properties of raw ...
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Huge success in photovoltaics through 20 years of the EEG
20 years EEG. For many this is a reason to celebrate, for opponents it is a reason to swear. No matter what the respective EEG assessment looks like: The success of the EEG in photovoltaics is enormous and will change the world for good: Solar power is already the cheapest energy source in the world and is readily available. Blog together with Carsten Pfeiffer, who was actively involved in the ...
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Renewable Energy Market in Indonesia
The development of renewable energy in Indonesia has stalled in recent years, especially wind and solar PV power. By the end of 2018, cumulative installed solar and wind capacity in Indonesia just reached 136MW, which is at a relatively low level compared with other Southeast Asian countries. It is a recognized fact that 2019 was the year of Vietnam’s renewable energy explosion, with a new ...
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10 Facts you didn’t know about Wind Energy
The oldest rotary windmills are considered to have been used regularly in agriculture and other purposes since 2000 B.C. by peoples of what would today be China and the Middle East who already sensed what the German physicist Albert Betz, the father of physics governing modern wind turbines, called The Theory of Wind Energy, presented and published in his book “Wind-Energie” at the ...
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Full Stream Ahead!
A REMARKABLE, MADE IN NEW BRUNSWICK, INVENTION PROVIDES HYDROPOWER IN SOME OF THE PLANET’S REMOTEST LOCATIONS, “FROM A SCHOOL IN FIJI TO AN OFF-GRID HOME IN SPAIN.” FOR SALMON CAMPS, IT OFFERS THE CHANCE TO UNHOOK GENERATORS AND GO GREEN. THE FIRST THING THAT STRIKES ME AS WE DISEMBARK FROM the helicopter are the sounds. Well, not so much the sounds—the peep of a wood ...
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458 MWe Mobile Power Units - National Oil Company - Case Study
OWNER Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. LOCATION Venezuela, South America PRODUCT Titan 130 Mobile Power Units CUSTOMER VALUE 15 MW Blocks of Stable and Reliable Power In 2010, a severe drought in Venezuela threatened to severely curtail the production of hydroelectric power, which normally provides 65% of the country's electricity. The need for replacement power was intimidating: nearly a ...
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244 MWe Mobile Power Units - State Oil Company - Case Study
OWNER Corpoelec LOCATION Venezuela, South America PRODUCT Titan 130 Mobile Power Units CUSTOMER VALUE 15 MW Blocks of Stable and Reliable Power In 2010, a severe drought in Venezuela threatened to severely curtail the production of hydroelectric power, which normally provides 65% of the country's electricity. The need for replacement power was intimidating: nearly a gigawatt of continuous ...
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POET Biorefining & City of Macon, Missouri - 10 MW CHP Application - Case Study
Quick Facts LOCATION: Macon, Missouri ETHANOL CAPACITY: 50 million gallons per year PROCESS STEAM REQUIRED: 85,000 lb/hr at 125 PSI PRIME MOVER: Solar MarsTM Natural Gas Turbine GENERATING CAPACITY: 10 MW HEAT RECOVERY EQUIPMENT: Deltak Heat Recovery Steam Generator CHP MAXIMUM THERMAL OUTPUT: 51,000 lb/hr at 125 PSI IMPLEMENTATION COST SPLITS: City of Macon – All CHP equipment POET ...
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Adkins Energy LLC - 5.0 MW CHP Application - Case Study
Quick Facts LOCATION: Lena, Illinois MARKET SECTOR: Ethanol Plant PRIME MOVER: (1) Solar Gas Turbine FUEL: Natural Gas GENERATING CAPACITY: 5.0 MW HEAT RECOVERY EQUIPMENT: (1) Victory Heat Recovery Steam Generator with thermal capacity of 25,700 lbs/hr at 125 PSI HEAT RECOVERY APPLICATION: Building Heat, Process Heat IMPLEMENTATION COST: $3,000,000 TOTAL ENERGY AND OPERATION ...
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15MWe modular power plant utility power - City and Borough of Sitka - Case Study
OWNER: City and Borough of Sitka, Alaska PRODUCT: Titan 130 Modular Power Plant APPLICATION: Standby and Peaking Power CUSTOMER VALUE: Stability in Island Mode Operation Efficient Environmentally Friendly Power The City and Borough of Sitka is located in the center of the Tongass National Forest, the largest temperate rain forest in the world. Partly because of this environment, Sitka is ...
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Power plant power for mining - Genser Energy - Case Study
OWNER Genser Energy LOCATION Tarkwa, Ghana PRODUCT PGM130 Powered by Titan™ 130 CUSTOMER VALUE Reliability, Responsiveness, Cost Savings Genser Energy is an independent power producer headquartered in the USA with operations across West Africa. Gensers largest operation is located just outside the town of Tarkwa in the jungles of southern Ghana. The Tarkwa Plant is on the mining ...
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Lake Livingston Hydropower Plant - Case Study
Project Description The project involves a cut-and-cover derivation tunnel that delivers water to the power house where the turbines are located. All the components of the plant (headrace, Intake, penstock, powerhouse, and tailrace) require earth retaining structures during construction. In general, this type of retaining system is realized with Sheet Pile Walls (SPW) with different types of ...
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Intro to Hydropower - Measuring Head and Flow
Small-scale hydro is the only renewable energy source that works for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In the first article in this series (HP103), I explained the basics of hydroelectric system theory, and reviewed system components. This article focuses on measuring a stream’s head and flow. Before you can begin designing your hydro system or estimating how much electricity it will ...
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Water’s Critical Role in the Power Generation Industry
Water and power are intimately connected in the U.S. and around the world. In 2015, electric power generation was responsible for 41% of total water withdrawals in the United States, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Where does all that water go and what role does it play in power generation? HOW POTABLE WATER IS USED IN POWER GENERATIONELECTRICITY GENERATION Approximately 90% of ...
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SP80.16.110E Trailer Mounted Concrete Pump
In line with the strongly increasing requirements of the building industry, the demands placed on the equipment used on large-scale construction sites are rapid increasing. TRUEMAX stationary concrete pump 80.16.110E is a powerful highly resistant machine used for high rise applications and long distance pumping. The structure is impressive thanks to its high conveyance output despite working ...
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Monroe Cold Spring Hydroelectric Project Monroe City, Utah, USA - Case Study
Statistics: Turbine: One single nozzle Pelton Generator: One 45kW Westinghouse induction generator @ 1200 RPM Rated head: 137.2m Rated flow: 0.0329m3/sec Commissioned: 2013 The water for this project comes from Cold Spring. After passing through the power house, the water will be returned to the culinary water line so it will be available for use in the City's culinary water system. ...
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