An Assessment of Energy Potential at Non-Powered Dams in the United States

Hadjerioua, Boualem¹  Wei, Yaxing¹  Kao, Shih-Chieh¹ 

[1] ORNL

关键词: ABUNDANCE;    CAPACITY;    CONSTRUCTION;    DAMS;    DISTRIBUTION;    DRAINAGE;    ECONOMICS;    ELECTRICITY;    ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS;    HYDRAULICS;    HYDROELECTRIC POWER;    NAVIGATION;    POWER GENERATION;    PRODUCTION;    PUMPED STORAGE;    QUALITY CONTROL;    RELIABILITY;    WATER SUPPLY Hydropower;    Non-Powered Dam;    Resource Assessment;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1039957
RP-ID  :  ORNL/TM-2011/341
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1039957
Others  :  Other: EB4500000
Others  :  CEEB099
Others  :  TRN: US201211%%76

学科分类：再生能源与代替技术

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

fleet by 15%. A majority of this potential is concentrated in just 100 NPDs, which could contribute approximately 8 GW of clean, reliable hydropower; the top 10 facilities alone could add up to 3 GW of new hydropower. Eighty-one of the 100 top NPDs are U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) facilities, many of which, including all of the top 10, are navigation locks on the Ohio River, Mississippi River, Alabama River, and Arkansas River, as well as their major tributaries. This study also shows that dams owned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation hold the potential to add approximately 260 MW of capacity; the Bureau has also engaged in an effort to conduct a more detailed evaluation of its own facilities.