Posts about Hydropower
A Fisheries Biologist Gets Antsy
January 29, 2021When the phrase "I'm getting antsy to work with fish" lands in your inbox, you quickly realize that a sentiment as genui...
Energy Dissipating Devices: Total Dissolved Gas (TDG) Production at High Head Dams [Part 3]
June 27, 2017In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series we talked about production of total dissolved gas (TDG) at high head dams, and the u...
Takeaways from the Alden Forum 2017: Hydropower and Fish Passage
June 19, 2017On May 17-18, Alden hosted a forum on hydropower and fish passage that was attended by more than 45 industry, state and ...
Air Supply Ramps and Cavitation: Total Dissolved Gas (TDG) Production at High Head Dams [Part 2]
May 15, 2017Part 1 of this series outlined how high concentrations of total dissolved gas (TDG) can occur downstream from high head ...
The Economics of Hydro Turbine Performance Testing
May 9, 2017As a hydropower electric power generating utility, how do I know when I should, or should not, invest in my equipment? ...
Improving Water Quality: Total Dissolved Gas (TDG) Production at High Head Dams [Part 1]
April 18, 2017During spill season at hydroelectric dams, more water flows into the upstream reservoir than can be used to generate ele...
Pumped Energy Storage: Old Technology, New Demand
February 7, 2017There is an interesting past and new future for the world’s largest batteries. For decades pumped storage plants have h...
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