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Annual Technology Baseline: Hydropower
January 1, 2021
Overview The annual technology baseline by NLR provides a standardized way of comparing cost estimates and projections for energy types.…
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Hydro + Storage Sizing Tool
January 1, 2021
Overview The Hydro + Storage Sizing Tool is designed to help hydropower asset owners who participate in competitive electricity markets…
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Hydropower Biological Evaluation Toolset (HBET)
April 14, 2018
Overview The Hydropower Biological Evaluation Toolset (HBET) relates data collected by field-based sensors (e.g., Sensor Fish, acoustic telemetry) to biological response models…
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Regulatory and Permitting Information Desktop (RAPID) Toolkit
January 1, 2014
Overview Hydropower projects must navigate a series of federal, state, tribal, and local approvals to receive authorization for construction. The…
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Water Use Optimization Toolset for Environmental Performance
December 6, 2013
Overview An analytical approach and software tool to evaluate how well discharge regimes meet ecosystem management goals downstream of hydropower…
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Resource Planning Model (RPM)
January 1, 2013
Overview Resource Planning Model (RPM) applies NLR’s extensive experience with national-level capacity expansion modeling, particularly the NLR’s Regional Energy Deployment…
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Renewable Energy Probabilistic Resource Assessment (REPRA) tool
July 22, 2012
Overview The REPRA model can be used to evaluate power plant vulnerabilities from various factors, including water. The model uses…
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Regional Energy Deployment System (ReEDS)
January 1, 2009
Overview The Regional Energy Deployment System (ReEDS) model informs a range of electricity sector research questions. These include energy policy,…
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Hydropower eLibrary
November 7, 2024
Overview A repository for documents and data relating to US hydropower projects and infrastructure, including all hydropower dockets contained in…
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HydroPASSAGE
November 7, 2024
There are more than 80,000 dams in the United States, over 2,000 of which are used to produce hydroelectric power.…
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REDi Island: Renewable Energy Discovery Island
November 7, 2024
Renewable Energy Discovery (REDi) Island is a virtual, renewable-energy-powered world home to more than a dozen water power waystations. The…
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FLASH: Framework for Linked Analysis of Streamflow and Hydropower
November 7, 2024
The Framework for Linked Analysis of Streamflow and Hydropower (FLASH) is a systems-engineering-based approach that will improve the ability to…
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Hydropower Technology Catalog
November 7, 2024
Overview Novel technologies continue to be developed for the modernization of hydropower. These technologies vary significantly in terms of form,…
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Biological Performance Assessment (BioPA) Toolset
November 7, 2024
Fish passage through hydro turbines is a major concern wherever fish must navigate through hydropower facilities. The capability of predicting…
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