Recent & Current Projects

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• Stowe Electric Department, Vermont — Small low-impact hydroelectric facility. FERC exemption and Section 401 Water Quality Certification support, adaptive monitoring design, and agency negotiation.

• Lusushwana River, Eswatini — Two-plant run-of-river scheme, ~160 kW per unit at low head on a newly excavated diversion channel. Feasibility study, technical specification (RFQ) for propeller turbine-generator package, GIS siting, and supplier evaluation.

• Connecticut — Concept-level evaluation of hydropower potential at an existing dam.

• Oak Ridge National Lab — Conduit hydropower assessment and concept-level feasibility under the CHEETA program, DOE funded.

• National Renewable Energy Lab — Pumped storage hydropower cost modeling and analysis, DOE funded.

 

​​Feasibility & Assessment

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• Private Client, Vermont — 500 kW plant. Evaluated energy optimization strategies, including the addition of battery storage.

• City of Aspen, CO — Ruedi Reservoir Hydro Expansion, 1 MW Francis turbine. Feasibility study.

• Pennsylvania Mine — Feasibility study to add hydropower to an existing mine wastewater pipeline, 50–160 kW.

• Ranch, Colorado — Conceptual design of a 450 kW small hydro plant with off-grid irrigation and pumping.

• City of Golden, CO — System-wide hydropower assessment, various sites. Feasibility study.

• City of Salida, CO — Salida Hydro due diligence, 530 kW Pelton turbine. Due diligence and feasibility study (subcontract to AECOM).

• City of Santa Fe, NM — Nichols conduit hydropower, 23 kW pump-as-turbine. Feasibility and preliminary sizing (subcontract to AECOM).

• Mt Princeton Hot Springs — Hydropower evaluation, various sites. Feasibility study.

• Crawford Water Conservancy District — Smith Fork Project site assessment, 50–300 kW turbines. Feasibility study.

• Orchard Mesa Irrigation District — Pumping plant hydropower feasibility. Grant writing, feasibility study (with Applegate Group).

• Wyoming Water Development Commission — Pinedale Level II feasibility study, various sites (with Applegate Group).

• Nebraska Public Power District — State of Nebraska hydropower assessment (with Applegate Group).

• Tasmanian Irrigation, Australia — System-wide hydropower assessment. Feasibility study.

• Nukissiorfiit, Greenland — Remote village micro-hydro, 75–150 kW cross-flow turbines. Feasibility study (subcontract to Deloitte).

• Conduit Hydro, Jamaica — 400 kW rehabilitation, 8 MW greenfield site, 30 MW pumped storage site. Feasibility studies.

Design & Construction

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• Town of Carbondale, CO — Nettle Creek micro-hydro, 40 kW Turgo turbine. Feasibility study, USFS special use permit, final design.

• Gunnison County Electric Association — Taylor Park hydropower, 500 kW Francis turbine. Feasibility study, USBR Lease of Power Privilege application.

• Town of Snowmass Village, CO — PRV replacement, 22 kW pump-as-turbine. Final design.

• White River Electric Association — Miller Creek Ditch Hydroelectric Project, 160 kW cross-flow turbine. Feasibility study, grant writing, project management, final design, construction oversight.

• Natel Energy — Monroe hydropower retrofit, 250 kW turbine. 90% design and specifications.

• Tri-Districts — Soldier Canyon Filter Plant micro-hydro, 200 kW in-line Francis turbine. Feasibility study, FERC qualifying conduit facility approval, interconnection, project management, final design, contract administration.

 

Licensing & Regulatory

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• Denver Water — Ralston Water Treatment Plant, 1 MW Francis turbines. Feasibility study, preliminary sizing, 30% design, turbine package specifications, FERC qualifying conduit facility approval (subcontract to Jacobs).

• Blackstone River, Rhode Island — FERC license application for a decommissioned 500 kW plant.

• Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District — Pueblo Dam hydropower, 7 MW Francis turbine. Feasibility study, preliminary design, USBR Lease of Power Privilege application (with Applegate Group).

• Sleeping Giant Power, LLC — Helena Valley Pumping Plant hydropower, 10 MW Francis turbines. Project management, 30% design, water right application, environmental permitting, interconnection, USBR Lease of Power Privilege process.

• Alta Ski Area — Micro-hydro in snowmaking system, 75 kW Pelton turbine. Feasibility study, FERC qualifying conduit facility approval.

• Bougainville Power & Light, Bougainville Island — 25 MW hydropower micro-grid. Planning, permitting, feasibility study, grant writing.

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HYDROPOWER RESEARCH, STUDIES & REPORTS​

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• Colorado Energy Office — Small Hydropower Handbook.

• Colorado Energy Office — Community Renewable Facility Guidance Document. Renewable-garden approach to hydropower in Colorado; feasibility study.

• Colorado Energy Office — PRV Hydropower Workshops. Trained municipal staff on PRV hydropower potential and implementation.

• Colorado Department of Agriculture — Agricultural Hydropower Technical Manual.

• Colorado Department of Agriculture — Exploring the Viability of Low Head Hydropower in Colorado's Existing Irrigation Infrastructure.

• Oak Ridge National Lab — Cost Analysis of Hydropower Options at Non-Powered Dams. Contributed ground-truth cost estimates, DOE funded.

• Oak Ridge National Lab — National Conduit Hydropower Resource Assessment. Assessed US industrial conduit hydropower potential, DOE funded.

• Oak Ridge National Lab — Opportunities for Minimum Flow Co-Development using Standard Modular Hydropower Technologies. Civil engineering technical expertise, DOE funded.

• Oak Ridge National Lab — Cost Analysis for Hydropower at Five NPD Sites. Civil engineering technical expertise, DOE funded.

• Oak Ridge National Lab — Turbine Development. Conceptual designs for early-stage turbine development, DOE funded.

• Natel Energy — Restoration Hydro: A Watershed Approach to Standard Modular New Hydropower. Civil engineering technical expertise, DOE funded.

• Natel Energy — Efficient, Modular Low Head Linear Pelton Turbine with Simple Low-Cost Civil Works. Conceptual designs, alternatives analysis, cost estimates, DOE funded.

• Natel Energy — Civil Cost Reductions. Civil engineering technical expertise.

• Obermeyer Hydro — Cost-Effective Small Scale Pumped Storage Configuration. Civil engineering technical expertise, project management, conceptual design, cost estimates, DOE funded.

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