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COVER: Learn more about the
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PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
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WORLD MARKETPLACE
REGULARS
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WORLD NEWS
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DIARY
FEATURES
APPOINTMENTS
9
Executive movements
The latest appointments in the industry
NEW TECHNOLOGY
12
A powerful proposition
Neptune Renewable Energy Ltd provides details
on its Proteus tidal stream power plant
16
A weighting game
A fresh step in closed, modular hydro power
concepts comes in US firm Gravity Power LLC’s
shaft-and-weight piston system
20
The power of Osmosis
Developments in Osmosis power plants
FISH PASSAGE
24
Making way for bull trout
A full height fish ladder is being constructed to
enable the safe passage of fish over the Thompson
falls hydro power project in Montana
PLANNING & PROJECTS
28
CFRDs in highly seismic regions
Martin Wieland discusses the main measures to be
taken to achieve a safe CFRD in highly seismic regions
33
A rehabilitation of seismic proportions
The challenges of raising Scoggins Dam
36
Lowdown on the River Thames strategy
Reducing the risk of flooding in one of the UK’s
most populated areas
38
Effective acid and metals treatment in Tailings Dams
Investigating Site management, treatment and
remediation at tailings dams
40
The Jinnah Barrage rehabilitation project
Discussing the prospects, and concerns, of various
rehabilitation scenarios at the important structure
SMALL HYDRO
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Small hydro – big business
A preview to the Small Hydro 2010 conference
4 MARCH 2010 INTERNATIONAL WATER POWER & DAM CONSTRUCTION
WORLD NEWS
R
USSIAN PRIME MINISTER
Vladimir Putin officially restart-
ed the Sayano-Shushenskaya
hydro power plant on 24 February
by launching on-grid operation of the
640MW unit No 6.
The project had been shut down
following an incident on 17 August
2009, when, as a result of damage to
hydro power unit No. 2, water ejected
from the turbine’s crater. The water
flooded the machinery hall; power and
auxiliary equipment were damaged
and the frameworks of the machin-
ery hall building collapsed. All the ten
hydro power units were damaged and
the accident killed 75 people.
The official launch ceremony at the
project was attended by the Prime
Minister, together with Deputy Prime
Minister Igor Sechin, Energy Minister
Sergei Shmatko, JSC RusHydro
Management Board Chai rma n
Yevgeny Dod, as well as representa-
tives of regional authorities, some
federal ministries, design and con-
struction companies, R&D institutes
and equipment manufacturers.
During the visit, officials were
updated on the restoration work at
the project. With the industrial opera-
tion of unit No. 6, and the planned
launch of unit No. 5 in March, the
project will have a base capacity of
1280MW enabling it to minimize the
risks of handling seasonal floods and
ensure guaranteed water supplies
to households, industrial and social
facilities located in the hydropower
plant’s tail bay.
As part of the restoration, work
was carried out in full at hydro
power units Nos. 5 and 6 to repair
the generator equipment, and also
the turbines’ basic and auxiliary
equipment. Generator circuit-break-
er equipment has been replaced at
unit No. 6 and a stationary system of
vibration control has been installed.
Work is continuing on unit No. 5 for
equipment assembly.
In addition, the testing of pen-
stock tunnels at hydropower units
Nos. 5 and 6 has been carried out.
Specialists from the Vedeneyev
All-Russian Institute of Hydraulic
Engineering inspected the condition of
the spiral chamber, the suction tube
and other structural elements. The
condition of the penstocks’ internal
metal cladding at Nos. 5 and 6 was
inspected. Following the results of this
work, a scientific and technical report
entitled ‘Inspection of the Penstocks
at Hydropower Units Nos. 5 and 6’
was prepared with a conclusion on the
penstock condition. The inspection
results confirm the working capacity of
all the reinforced concrete frames of
units Nos. 5 and 6. All the penstocks
of the Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP will
be inspected under a special program
in 2010-2014.
Foundation slabs, building and
metalwork structures, the flow pas-
sage of unit No. 6, auxiliary and gen-
eral-purpose plant’s equipment and
the power output circuit have been
restored for the start-up operations.
In addition, completely reconditioned
systems of guidance, control, pro-
tection and automation have been
installed and adjusted. Equipment of
the main outputs chamber and the
zero terminals chamber has been
reviewed. The switchboard for the
unit’s own requirements has been
commissioned and the fire-extin-
guishing system for the cable galler-
ies has all been tested. Unit No. 5 is
currently idle running.
Units 5 and 6 were launched into
off-load operation on 30 December
2009. During the launch, the con-
trol parameters of the hydro turbine,
governor mechanism and oil pres-
sure installation were checked. In the
process of technological operations,
vibration parameters were controlled
by specialists from the scientific and
production association for research
and designing of energy equipment.
The measurements testified to the
vibration condition of the units.
The launch of unit No. 6 for on-
load operation was preceded by the
start-up work that included opera-
tional testing of the unit in all running
modes including switching to the grid.
The program of testing has been
approved by JSC Power Machines, the
manufacturer of the turbine and the
generator. The general designer JSC
Lengidroproekt has confirmed compli-
ance of the equipment, all the techno-
logical process systems and hardware
of the unit and the transformer to the
technical design specifications of the
first launch complex.
The connection of unit No. 6 to the
grid was carried out ahead of sched-
ule; the launch of unit No. 5 will take
place in March 2010 and units No 3
and 4 at the end of this year, bring-
ing up plant’s installed capacity to
2560MW.
The first stage of an additional
spillway capable of handling up to
2000m3/sec will be commissioned
on 1 June 2010.
Recently it was also announced
that UK-based Sheffield Forgemasters
International Ltd (SFIL) is to supply
hydro shafts for three of the new
replacement turbine units being sup-
plied to the plant. The order is expect-
ed to be completed by late summer.
The Sayano-Shushenskaya plant is
expected to be fully restored in 2014.
Russia starts 640MW turbine at
Sayano-Shushenskaya project
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Siemens buys stake in Marine Current Turbines
S
IEMENS E NERGY H A S
acquired a minority stake in
UK company Marine Current
Turbines (MCT), a pioneer in the
design and development of tidal cur-
rent energy turbines. With the acqui-
sition of a stake of just below 10%
in MCT, which is based in Bristol,
England, Siemens is entering a new
market with good future prospects
and at the same time expanding its
environmental portfolio.
“With this investment in an early
stage company we’re securing access
to an innovative technology in the field
of renewables,” said René Umlauft,
CEO of the Renewable Energy Division
of Siemens Energy. “As one of the
technology leaders in ocean power
Marine Current Turbines is a suitable
partner for us to enter the promising
ocean power sector.” Experts antici-
pate double-digit growth rates for the
ocean power market by 2020.
Marine current turbines generate
electricity by utilising sub-surface
water flows such as tidal currents.
In the MCT model the turbine is fixed
on a pile and is driven by the flow of
the tides. This technology effectively
is similar to an underwater wind tur-
bine, except that water has an energy
density of more than 800 times
that of wind. Twin rotors rotate with
the movement of the tidal flow and
pitch through 180 degrees to opti-
mally track tidal current direction and
speed. The key advantage is that the
generated power is predictable in the
tidal cycle.
Marine Current Turbines has
already successfully implemented
its first commercial demonstrator
project SeaGen in Strangford Lough
in Northern Ireland. Since November
2008, two axial turbines with a com-
bined capacity of 1.2 MW have been
feeding power into the grid. SeaGen
is therefore currently the world’s most
powerful marine current turbine.
Suitable sites are essential for the
success of such projects. In particu-
lar, coastal regions with strong tidal
currents such as those in the UK,
Ireland, Canada, France and East
Asia, offer major potential for this
ecofriendly power generation technol-
ogy. Tidal power stations are part of
the Green Grid (aka Super Grid) plan
for the North Sea. Nine European
countries are planning to connect
renewable power generation sources
like wind, tidal or hydro power to a
HVDC underwater energy grid in the
North Sea.
Martin Wright, Managing Director
of Marine Current Turbines said:
“Siemens’ investment in MCT under-
lines the significant commercial
potential that exists for tidal energy
across the globe, and enables us to
draw upon the company’s extensive
knowledge and experience in tur-
bine generation technology. We are
delighted to have Siemens on board.
Siemens is a company with an out-
standing international reputation and
will help us develop our technology
and deliver tidal energy on a commer-
cial and global basis.”
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WORLD NEWS
In brief
BRAZIL’S ENVIRON-
MENTAL regulator Ibama
has issued a preliminary
licence for the 11GW Belo
Monte hydroelectric project
in the Amazon region,
subject to conditions cover-
ing issues relating to water
quality, wildlife, sanitation,
resettlement, compensa-
tion and rehabilitation of
degraded areas. Granting
of the preliminary licence
now allows the auction for
construction of the project
to go ahead – although
the licence does include 40
conditions that must be met
by future developers of the
project. The project, on the
Xingu River in the state of
Para, will help the South
American country help
meet soaring demand for
electricity once developed,
but it has been mired in
controversy with environ-
mental groups claiming
the scheme will damage
the ecosystem and threaten
wildlife in the region.
INNERGEX POWER
Income Fund (the Fund)
and Innergex Renewable
Energy (INE) are to com-
bine their assets into one
conventional corpora-
tion to create one of the
largest independent renew-
able power producers in
Canada. The merger deal
involves the Fund acquir-
ing INE through a reverse
takeover, whereby the
Fund agrees to pay a con-
sideration valued at $7.00
per share of INE, represent-
ing an exchange ratio of
approximately 0.685 Fund
unit per INE share, based
on a deemed unit price of
$10.22. The Combination
will be structured as a
reverse take-over in order
to effect the conversion of
the Fund to a corporation.
Mixed reaction to new UK feed-in tariffs
T
HE BRITISH HYDROPOWER
Association (BHA) has welcomed
the UK Department of Energy and
Climate Change’s (DECC) finalised ver-
sion of the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme
for renewable electricity generation,
but says there are certain issues
within the detail of the structure that
will effect the fulfilment of the total
potential development of hydro.
The new DECC scheme, which will
allow UK households and communi-
ties who install generating technolo-
gies such as mini-hydro projects and
small wind turbines to claim payments
for the low carbon electricity they
produce from, shows strengthened
tariffs for hydro in line with extensive
work carried out by the BHA for the
consultation process.
“This helps to reassure those
who finance new hydro projects, thus
encouraging realisation of hydro’s vast
potential in the United Kingdom,” said
BHA Chief Executive, David Williams.
However, the association has
released a statement which says
that certain issues may affect the
fulfilment of the total potential devel-
opment. These are mainly to do with
schemes which, whilst waiting for the
announcement of FiTs, have pre-reg-
istered for the old system within the
Renewables Obligation (RO). If this
was done before April 2008, scheme
owners can no longer apply for FiTs
and cannot afford to complete the
scheme under the RO.
“This effectively quarantines a
number of projects trapped in this
time limitation. We must fight to
get the structure modified” said
Williams.
Another area of contention is the
inability to use refurbished equip-
ment for the FiTs regime. One of the
big advantages of hydro power is that,
with refurbishment, hydro plants can
last easily for one hundred years, said
the BHA. Under the RO refurbishment
was allowed and now it is not – again
limiting some schemes.
Williams added: “This is an excel-
lent support system which, with a bit
of tweaking, will help to meet govern-
ment targets in the battle against cli-
mate change.”
P
LANS FOR THE REMOVAL OF
four dams on the Klamath
River in the US moved one step
closer last month as parties to the
Klamath Basin settlement signed
two historic agreements: the Klamath
Basin Restoration Agreement (KBRA)
and the Klamath Basin Hydroelectric
Agreement (KBHA).
The goal of the Klamath Basin
Restoration Agreement is to restore
and sustain wild fish populations to
support in-river and ocean fishing
industries and to establish reliable
water and power supplies for agricul-
tural and the natural environment.
Both sets of goals aim to ensure the
economic vitality and sustainability of
all Klamath Basin communities.
The Klamath Basin Hydroelectric
Agreement lays out the process for
additional studies, environmental
review to inform a decision by the
US Secretary of the Interior regarding
whether or not the removal of four
dams owned by PacifiCorp in California
and Oregon is necessary for restora-
tion of fish in the Klamath Basin and
is in the public interest. The KHSA is
based on the Agreement in Principle
reached between PacifiCorp, Oregon,
California, and the federal government
in November of 2008. It provides for
funding up to US$200M in dam remov-
al costs by collecting a surcharge from
PacifiCorp’s Oregon and California cus-
tomers over the next 10 years.
Supporters signed the agreements
at a ceremony in Salem together
with the Governors of Oregon and
California, the Secretary of the
Interior, and other high-ranking Obama
administration officials.
This plan includes the largest
dam removal project in history. The
coalition’s conservation organiza-
tions (which together have more dam
removal experience than any groups
in America) emphasized that the mag-
nitude of the project requires careful
analysis to confirm that removal,
which is slated for 2020, is in the
public interest.
“Dam removal gets a lot of atten-
tion but removal alone is not enough
to restore the many endangered
fisheries to self sustaining and har-
vestable levels. Habitat restoration
and improved water flows at key
times of year are also critical,” said
Steve Rothert, California Director for
American Rivers.
“We recognize that we must work
as partners with the agricultural com-
munity and private landowners to
make that possible.”
The region’s important wildlife
refuges and the Pacific Flyway also
benefit from the KBRA. When imple-
mented, the KBRA would provide
a certain and predictable supply of
water to Tule Lake and Lower Klamath
Wildlife Refuges. Extensive habitat
improvements to area wetlands and
incentives for farmers to retain flood-
ed areas for waterfowl will also benefit
migratory birds.
Settlement supporters are now
turning their attention to Washington,
DC where they’ll seek funds to invest
in Klamath communities and imple-
ment the comprehensive restoration
plan. Restoration measures will be
accompanied by financial investments
to diversify agricultural, tribal and
county economies, including exten-
sive renewable energy development.
Aspects of the two settlement
agreements have however been criti-
cised by some groups. At the end of
last year, it was reported that a coa-
lition of environmental groups were
supporting an alternative to the KHSA
that it says would secure a shortened
timeline for removal of the four dams.
The Klamath Conservation Partners
– which includes the Northcoast
Environmental Center, the Center for
Biological Diversity and Oregon Wild,
amongst others – says while it appre-
ciates the considerable effort that has
gone into creating the settlements, it
could not support the deal in its cur-
rent form since it failed to compel
Pacificorp, the states of Oregon and
California or the federal government
to commit to dam removal now.
The group said it had withdrawn
from the KHSA as it was seeking to
increase the likelihood that a final
Congressional deal will actually
result in dam removal in the relatively
near future, and that such a deal will
protect and restore both the lower
basin’s river and the upper basin’s
refuges. The coalition believes
the dams must come down as soon
as possible.
In related news, the US Bureau of
Reclamation announced it had award-
ed a US$843,000 contract in mid
February under the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to
Research Triangle Institute to support
scientific investigations to evaluate
the economic potential for advancing
fisheries restoration by removing the
four dams on the Klamath, and wheth-
er it is in the public interest to do so.
Klamath Basin agreements signed
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WORLD NEWS
In brief
ENERGJI ASHTA SHPK,
a subsidiary of Verbund
International, has awarded
Poyry an approximately
3.4M contract for site
supervision services at the
Ashta run-of-river power
plants in Albania. The
hydro power plants are
located on the river Drin in
the district of Shkodër in
north-western Albania. The
power plants consist of two
stages, Ashta I and Ashta II,
which are the final power
plant steps in a cascade of
three existing power plants.
The overall design capacity
of the plants is over 50MW
and the forecasted annual
energy generation is 230
GWh. Pöyry has already
performed the conceptual,
approval and tender design
and has been performing
the detail design services
since November 2009.
The site supervision
services will start in March
2010 to be completed in
December 2012.
ELECTRICAL engineer-
ing and technology group
Ingeteam has announced
that it will invest more than
EUR 10M (US$13.6M)
in a combined produc-
tion center to be located
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The company’s activity
will focus primarily on the
energy sector, specializing
in the manufacture of wind
power generators and
converters, as well as solar
photovoltaic converters,
to meet the needs of the
North American market.
It will also be used to serve
the hydro industry by
recruiting service engineers
for supervision and erection
of hydro generators
in the North American
area, and promoting
sales in the region.
Nexans wins cable contract on
Swiss pumped storage plant
N
EXANS HAS WON A EUR13M
(US$17.6M) turnkey contract
to supply the power cables for
a new pumped storage project cur-
rently being developed by Kraftwerke
Linth-Limmern (KLL) in eastern
Switzerland.
Under the contract, Nexans will
supply, install and commission six
380kV XLPE-insulated underground
cables, each approximately 5km in
length, which will be laid in parallel
in the project’s underground access
tunnel. The cables, which will con-
nect the new plant to the EHV power
transmission grid, comprise copper
core conductors with a cross-section
of 1600mm².
The Limmern power station is
being built as part of Linthal 2015
upgrade project – currently the larg-
est hydro power and infrastructure
project in the Swiss energy industry
- in the canton of Glarus. The project
provides for a comprehensive expan-
sion of the KLL plants.
The main component of the project
is the construction of the underground
pumped storage plant between
Limmern and Muttsee, above Linthal,
thus increasing the performance of the
KLL plants by 1000MW to 1460MW.
The pumped storage plant is located
at an altitude of about 1700m a.s.l.
and is built around 600m inside the
mountain. Four turbine-generator-
sets with a capacity of 250MW each
– supplied by Alstom Hydro – will be
installed in the power house cavern.
The project features an adjust-
able pump and turbine with a maxi-
mum output of 1000MW. It will
pump water from the existing reser-
voir Limmernboden at 1860m asl.
into the 600m higher Muttsee and
in reverse will generate electricity
during turbine operation mode. To
accomplish the required output it is
necessary to increase the Muttsee
water level by 30m.
Starting at Tierfehd near the val-
ley’s bottom a new access tunnel
will be created for access to the pow-
erhouse cavern. The tunnel will be
equipped with a funicular railway.
Major works of the new hydro
power plant started in January 2010,
following extensive preparatory
works which were completed in early
summer 2008.
Other companies involved in
the scheme include DSD Noell of
Germany, who will design, supply
and erect two penstocks, and ABB,
who will provide the power sta-
tion’s electrical equipment, includ-
ing transformers, medium-voltage
switchgears, and instrumentation
and automation systems.
China Hydroelectric Corp
to purchase new projects
C
H INA H Y D ROEL ECT R I C
Corporation has executed a
definitive agreement to acquire
a 44MW operating hydroelectric
project in Yunnan province in the
People’s Republic of China, and has
also entered into MOUs to acquire two
additional operating projects aggregat-
ing 34MW in the province.
The definitive agreement pro-
vides for the company to acquire the
Xiaopengzu project in Yunnan province
for a purchase price of US$57M (RMB
390 million), to be financed partially
through cash on hand and through the
assumption or refinancing of existing
non-recourse debt. The acquisition is
subject to customary closing condi-
tions, including obtaining governmen-
tal approval.
The MOUs provide the company
with an exclusive right to pursue its
due diligence of two additional operat-
ing hydroelectric projects in Yunnan.
Subject to the satisfactory completion
of its due diligence review, the com-
pany expects to enter into definitive
agreements to acquire these projects
in the near term.
Recently, the company announced
it had secured a Loan Framework
Agreement from the Bank of China’s
Fujian Branch for the acquisition of
hydroelectric projects
Under the agreement, the com-
pany’s wholly owned finance subsidi-
ary, Fujian Huabang Hydroelectricity
Investment Co, can borrow up to an
aggregate of CNY3B (US$439M) for
the purchase of projects.
Iberdrola plans
investments
E
NERGY GROUP IBERDROLA
HAS announced it will invest
EUR 9B in renewable energy
over the next three years, including
developing hydroelectric schemes.
The finance is part of a wider invest-
ment project totalling EUR 18B in the
period 2010-2012.
The company is building some
of the largest hydro projects in the
world, which will come on stream this
decade. In Spain it will add 1050MW
by 2012, expanding the La Muela,
San Esteban and San Pedro plants. In
Portugal it will build the Alto Támega
complex, one of the largest under
construction in Europe in the past
25 years. In Brazil, it is developing a
number of power stations with a total
capacity of 1000MW.
Run-of-river BC project over 80% complete
R
ESERV O I R C A PITA L
Corporation has reported posi-
tive progress on its feasibil-
ity studies for the Brodarevo 1 and
Brodarevo 2 hydroelectric projects on
the River Lim in southwest Serbia.
Fieldwork and technical studies
completed by company personnel,
Energoprojekt Hidroinzenjering Co.
(Serbia) and Technum-Tractebel
Engineering (Belgium), have recom-
mended a capacity increase from
48MW to 55.2MW, defined sites,
provided recommendations for the
design of the hydroelectric power
plants and preliminary cost estimates
for their construction.
The company expects to be able
to complete Pre-Feasibility Studies by
April this year and Feasibility Studies
by the end of 2010.
The company is working in par-
allel with the local authorities,
towards being issued all the neces-
sary permits for the following project
components: relocation of parts of
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sition of surface rights affected by
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hydroelectric installations.
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8 MARCH 2010 INTERNATIONAL WATER POWER & DAM CONSTRUCTION
WORLD NEWS
In brief
A JOINT VENTURE OF
Fichtner (lead) and Norplan
has signed a US$3.8M
contract to conduct feasi-
bility studies and prepare
tender documents for the
Isimba power plant and
associated transmission
line in Uganda. The Isimba
project will be located
downstream of the 250MW
Bujagali project which is
presently under construc-
tion. The plant will have an
installed capacity of at least
100MW, and the water
flow rate at the proposed
site ranges between 700m
3
to 900m
3
/sec, at an esti-
mated head of 16m. The
feasibility study is scheduled
for completion towards the
end of 2010. Ugandan com-
pany Kagga and Partners
will act as sub-consultant to
the Joint Venture.
OCEAN POWER
Technologies (OPT) has
been awarded 2.2M
under the European
Commission’s Seventh
Framework Programme
(FP7) for work on the
WavePort project in Spain.
The grant – awarded
by the EC Directorate
responsible for new and
renewable sources of
energy, energy efficiency
and innovation – is part
of a total award of 4.5M
to a consortium of com-
panies, including OPT, to
deliver a PowerBuoy wave
energy device to WavePort,
with an innovative wave
prediction capability and
a ‘wave-by-wave’ Tuning
system. It is anticipated
that the PowerBuoy will
be deployed at the Santoña
site in Spain, where OPT
has worked on a wave
energy project under con-
tract from Spanish utility
company Iberdrola.
UK’s Environment Agency
maps potential hydro hotspots
A
NEW REPORT COMMISSIONED
by the UK’s Environment Agency
has identified thousands of new
locations where small scale hydro
power could be deployed in England
and Wales.
The hydropower opportunities
and environmental sensitivities map
identifies almost 26,000 locations
where a hydro power turbine could
be located.
Together, these sites could gener-
ate enough electricity to power up to
around 850,000 homes and produce
3% of the country’s 2020 renewable
electricity needs. In reality, however,
only some of these sites could be
exploited due to environmental
sensitivities, as well as practical
constraints such as access to the
electricity network.
The new maps help to identify
areas where hydro power could make
a positive contribution to the local
environment, and sites where it is
less appropriate.
The report found that a sensitively
designed hydropower scheme that
includes a fish pass could improve
the local environment as well as gen-
erate electricity in over 4000 sites.
These opportunities are particularly
concentrated on rivers such as the
Severn, Thames, Aire and Neath.
With the government soon to
offer subsidies of up to 20p for
every kilowatt hour of electricity pro-
duced, a medium-sized scheme that
typically generates enough electricity
for about 32 homes, could receive
around £25,000 a year. Average
set up costs range from £100,000
to £150,000. But, the Environment
Agency stressed, only schemes that
were well designed and had no nega-
tive impacts on the river wildlife or
the local environment would get the
go ahead.
“Some hydro power schemes have
the potential to deliver low carbon
electricity and improve the local
environment for wildlife, for exam-
ple by improving fish migration. But
there will inevitably be some sites
where the risk to the environment
outweighs the benefits of power gen-
eration,” said Tony Grayling, Head
of Climate Change and Sustainable
Development at the Environment
Agency. “With Government’s new
feed-in tariff for renewably generated
electricity, hydropower could become
an attractive income generator for
hydropower developers, if environ-
mental safeguards are met.
“The report recommends that fish-
friendly design needs to be incorpo-
rated in all schemes, and that grants
for fish passes could help to unlock
the potential of small scale hydro-
power in England and Wales.”
In particular, the report found:
s ! TOTAL OF SMALL SCALE HYDRO
power opportunities.
s /VER WINWIN OPPORTUNITIES
where a hydro power scheme with a
fish pass could deliver an improve-
ment in the local environment as
well as renewable electricity.
s 3MALL SCALE HYDRO POWER AT THE
sites identified could in theory gen-
erate up to 3660GWh electricity per
year, or about 1% of the country’s
predicted 2020 electricity demand.
The real potential is significantly less
due to environmental and practical
constraints.
s (YDRO POWER HOTSPOTS WHERE WIN
win opportunities exist on the same
river or close by were identified in
several areas, including the Rivers
Severn, Thames, Aire and Neath.
s !ROUND HALF THE SITES IDENTIFIED
were deemed to be highly environ-
mentally sensitive for hydropower
due to impacts on river ecology.
Extra fish-friendly measures would
be required in these locations.
“Small scale hydropower is poten-
tially one of the most cost-effective
means of producing clean, green
and home grown renewable electric-
ity,” said Lord Hunt of Kings Heath,
Minister of State for Energy.
“It is clear that recent advances
in technology, reduced equipment
costs and financial incentives like
the new feed-in tariffs will provide fur-
ther opportunities for communities
to harness the power of our rivers
and streams.”
An interactive map is available to
view on the Environment Agency web-
site, and lists the number of hydro
power opportunities in each region,
as well as the total power potential
and the environmental sensitivities
to be considered.
The full report and the interactive
hydro power maps are available to
download at http://www.environ-
ment-agency.gov.uk/business/
topics/water/32022.aspx
Small Hydro Award 2010 – call for entries
I
F YOU’VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE
development of a small hydro
scheme then you may be interest-
ed in nominating the project for our
Small Hydro Award 2010.
The second in our annual award
series, this year we will accepting
project entries that have been suc-
cessfully placed into operation after
March 2007. The scheme must have
a total installed capacity of no more
than 50MW to qualify for entry.
The winning project will be voted
for by readers of International Water
Power & Dam Construction, and visi-
tors to our website, www.waterpower-
magazine.com, from five shortlisted
schemes.
If you would like to nominate a
hydro project, please send a maxi-
mum of 500 words describing the
facility to the editor via email car-
rieannstocks@globaltrademedia.com,
including details of the following:
s "RIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT
including type of scheme, location,
project infrastructure, ownership etc.
s "ENElTS OF THE PROJECT EG ACCESS
to power, contribution to the commu-
nity, recreational benefits etc).
s )MPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND
details of any impact assessments.
s !NY UNUSUAL FEATURES
s 0HOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROJECT TO
be sent in jpeg or tiff format).
Nominations should reach the
editor by 10 May 2010. Shortlisted
schemes will then be featured in the
July issue of IWP&DC, with the winner
announced in the October issue.
The winning scheme will then be the
focus of an in-depth feature in our
December issue.
Our first small hydro award saw
some interesting and innovative
entries, and was won by the Canedo
hydro project in Portugal. Details on
this scheme can be found in the
Canedo project section on www.water-
powermagazine.com.
For further information on submit-
ting an application, please contact the
editor, Carrieann Stocks, via email or
TEL
Here you will find details on some of the executive appointments made by companies within the hydro power and dams industry
over the past few months. To submit details of appointments for publication in a future issue of the magazine,
please send an email to the editor, Carrieann Stocks, at: carrieannstocks@globaltrademedia.com
EXECUTIVE MOVEMENTS
APPOINTMENTS
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NHA welcomes new leadership
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DIARY OF EVENTS
10 MARCH 2010 INTERNATIONAL WATER POWER & DAM CONSTRUCTION
DIARY
April
5-9 April
13th Annual Power and Electricity
World Asia
Singapore
CONTACT: Ya Ling Ng ,
Terrapinn Asia, Singapore.
Tel: +65 6322 2771.
Fax: +65 6223 3554.
yaling.ng@terrapinn.com.
7-9 April
3rd International Conference on
Problematic Soils
Adelaide, Australia
CONTACT: Conference Secretariat,
CI-Premier Pte Ltd, 150 Orchard
Road, #07-14, Orchard Plaza,
Singapore 238841,
Tel: +65 6733 2922.
Fax: +65 6235 3530.
Email: cipremie@singnet.com.sg.
14-16 April
15th German Dam Symposium
Aachen, Germany
C O N T A C T : C o n v e n t u s
C o n g r e s s m a n a g e m e n t &
Marketing, Jana Radoi, Markt 8,
D-07743 Jena, Germany.
Tel: +49 3641 353 3221.
Fax: +49 3641 353 3271.
http://www.conventus.de.
15-16 April
Small Hydro 2010
Montreal, Canada
CONTACT: Frances Parker,
Arena International, Brunel
House, 55-57 North Wharf Road,
London, W2 1LA.
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7915 9642.
www.arenainternational.com
francesparker@arena-internati-
onal.com.
21-23 April
Power-Gen India & Central Asia
New Delhi, India
CONTACT: Kelvin Marlow,
PennWell.
Tel: +44 1992 656 610.
exhibitpgica@pennwell.com.
www.power-genindia.com.
23-25 April
R e p a i r s , A p p r a i s a l a n d
Maintenance of Buildings and
Structures and Fibre Reinforced
Materials
Yantai, China
CONTACT: Conference Secretariat,
CI-Premier Pte Ltd
Tel: +65 6733 2922.
Email: cipremie@singnet.com.sg.
May
23-26 May
78th ICOLD Annual Meeting
Hanoi, Vietnam
CONTACT: Ms Thuy Thanh
Nguyen, Secretariat - 78th ICOLD
Annual Meeting, #4 Da Tuong Str,
Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Fax: +84 4 3944 7067.
Email: 78icoldvn@venus-communi-
cations.com
23-29 May
Recent Advances in Geotechnical
Earthquake Engineering and Soil
Dynamics
California, US
CONTACT: Conference Secretariat,
CI-Premier Pte Ltd,
Tel: +65 6733 2922.
Email: cipremie@singnet.com.sg.
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