DOE OSTI · code-126020
NPD Hydro
Abstract
This tool, the Non-Powered Dam Hydropower Development and Ranking Opportunity Tool (NPD HYDRO), allows users to prioritize or rank NPD sites for future development based on user-defined priorities. Benefits can be evaluated in several categories: the grid, community, industry, and environment (represented by the GCIE impact scores in the tool. In addition, the tool provides the user with a qualitative measure for the feasibility of adding energy storage during NPD conversion, specifically battery, hydrogen electrolysis, and pumped-storage hydropower (PSH). By taking a holistic approach to the potential range of benefits provided by NPD conversions with results tailored to the user’s priorities, NPD HYDRO provides the opportunity for national-level screening and enables users to focus on the sites that are most closely aligned with their interests.
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Woodruff, Nathan, Gallego-Calderon, JuanF, Mosier, ThomasM, Meng, JakobP, Usman, MuhammadU, Tamaddun, Kazi, Harnish, RyanAlexander, Barrows, SarahE, King, AbigailG. 2024-02-28. NPD Hydro. https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20240415.2
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