Global CompetitionFocus on Hydropower
Sustainable Energy Coalition Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Expo and ForumWashington, DCJune 14, 2007
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Leading Worldwide Renewable Energy Portfolio
Canada 22 MWHydro, biomass
USA 380 MWHydro, wind, geothermal
Guatemala69 MW - Hydro
Costa Rica55 MW - Hydro, wind
Chile100 MW - Hydro
Italy 15,358 MW Hydro, geothermal, wind, solar
Spain900 MW
Hydro, wind, cogeneration
Slovakia 2.329 MW
Hydro
Brazil97 MW - HydroPanama
300 MW - Hydro
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Hydropower
Geothermal Under Development
Wind Power
U.S. Projects – Hydropower, Wind, Geothermal(by Technology & Development Stage)
As of March 2007
Wind Under Development
Geothermal Under Development & Hydropower (operating)
Hydropower & Wind
Hydropower upgrades undertaken
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Hydropower’s Role in America’s Energy Future
Misperception #1: Hydropower is a Mature TechnologyReality #1:
• Conventional hydropower comprises approximately 7% of US power generation and 9% of capacity;
• Upgrades and efficiency improvements at existing sites;
• Advanced turbine designs – Voith-Seimens design, Alden/Concepts NREC design and others;
• New breed of hydropower – hydrokinetic, ocean and wave, instream technologies that do not require the use of a dam/impoundments
Common Misperceptions
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Hydropower Technologies
Power from moving water without an impoundment
Hydrokinetic
Power from millions of gallons of water that moves through man-made channels
Varying technologies convert tidal and wave energy into electricity
Ocean and Marine
In-streamConventional
Power from moving water typically with dam and varying size impoundments
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Hydropower’s Role in America’s Energy Future
Misperception #2: All Possible Locations are Already DevelopedReality #2:
• 97% of all U.S. dams have no hydropower facilities;
• New technologies open up new vast new sites:Offshore – OceansInstreamIrrigation canals
Common Misperceptions
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Public Opinion
The public overwhelmingly supports hydropower
93% of the public believe hydropower should play an important role in meeting the nation’s electricity needs in the years ahead.
Recognized public benefits include:Renewable, climate friendly
Drinking water supplyRecreation
Domestic energy supplyFlood control
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Hydropower’s Potential Contribution in the U.S.
23,000 MW of NEW Hydropower is available by 2025
• 2,300 MW - from capacity gains at existing sites;
• 5,000 MW - from new hydro at existing non-powered dams;
• 2,700 MW - from new small and low-power conventional hydropower;
• 10,000 MW - increase from ocean and wave energy devices;
• 3,000 MW - increase from new hydrokinetic technologies.
Overall potential estimated at 85,000 MW to 95,000 MWdoubling hydropower’s current contribution
Recent Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Report
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Hydropower and Global Competition
A Survey of Hydropower Outside of the United States reveals . . .
• Significant Growth of Conventional Hydropower in Developing Countries;
• Commitment to Sustainable Deployment of New and Conventional Technology;
• Varying Levels of Government Support;
Canada . . . “Buoyed by the potential of tidal energy in the Bay of Fundy, the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia governments are jointly funding a study that will bring marine renewable power generation one step closer to a reality.” June 13, 2007
• Multilateral Support;
• Recognition of Hydropower’s Value in Climate Change Policy –Clean Development Mechanism;
• Fewer Regulatory Hurdles compared to US.
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Recapturing U.S. Global Leadership in Hydropower
To do so, Hydropower must be . . .
• Recognized for its broad applications, potential and contribution to U.S. emission and energy security goals;
• Treated equally with comparable technologies in federal energy and climate policy;
• Supported by comprehensive and ongoing research and development programs;
Some concrete recommendations . . .
• Extend the Production Tax Credit and CREBs for a period that minimizes renewal uncertainty and allows projects time to plan, license, procure and execute;
• Give conventional and new waterpower technologies parity under existing PTC (full credit value);
• Include incremental hydropower, hydro at non-powered dams and the new technologies in Renewable Portfolio Standard legislation;
• Define the regulatory process for new hydropower technologies – eliminate uncertainties;
• Study and map the impact of wave and tidal technologies on marine environments.
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Working Toward a Formula for Success
Range of Technologies+
Abundant Water Sites – wherever there is moving water+
Popular and Accepted with General Public+
(Clear and Supportive Policy & Regulatory Environment)+
(Research & Development funding)
=Hydropower as a Powerful Player in America’s Energy
Future
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Contact
Julie Smith-GalvinEnel North America, Inc.Julie.Smithgalvin@Northamerica.Enel.itwww.enelnorthamerica.com
Additional Resource:
National Hydropower Associationwww.hydro.org
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Questions