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Below are 50 results of the Related Publications of 'Offshore Resource Assessment and Design Conditions Public Meeting Summary Report'. The publications are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

1.	Estimation of Average Annual Streamflows and Power Potentials for Alaska and Hawaii This paper describes the work done to develop average annual streamflow estimates and power potential for the states of Alaska and Hawaii. The Elevation Derivatives for National Applications (EDNA) da Details Bookmark & Share

Estimation of Average Annual Streamflows and Power Potentials for Alaska and Hawaii
This paper describes the work done to develop average annual streamflow estimates and power potential for the states of Alaska and Hawaii. The Elevation Derivatives for National Applications (EDNA) da Details Bookmark & Share

2.	Wind and Water Power Program - Water Power for a Clean Energy Future This fact sheet provides an overview of the U.S. Department of Energy's Water Power Program. Details Bookmark & Share

3.	Estimation of Economic Parameters of U.S. Hydropower Resources Tools for estimating the cost of developing and operating and maintaining hydropower resources in the form of regression curves were developed based on historical plant data. Development costs that we Details Bookmark & Share

4.	Estimation of Economic Parameters of U.S. Hydropower Resources - INL Hydropower Resource Economics Database Tools for estimating the cost of developing and operating and maintaining hydropower resources in the form of regression curves were developed based on historical plant data. Development costs that we Details Bookmark & Share

Estimation of Economic Parameters of U.S. Hydropower Resources - INL Hydropower Resource Economics Database
Tools for estimating the cost of developing and operating and maintaining hydropower resources in the form of regression curves were developed based on historical plant data. Development costs that we Details Bookmark & Share

5.	Evaluation of Blade-Strike Models for Estimating the Biological Performance of Large Kaplan Hydro Turbines Bio-indexing of hydro turbines has been identified as an important means to optimize passage conditions for fish by identifying operations for existing and new design turbines that minimize the probab Details Bookmark & Share

Evaluation of Blade-Strike Models for Estimating the Biological Performance of Large Kaplan Hydro Turbines
Bio-indexing of hydro turbines has been identified as an important means to optimize passage conditions for fish by identifying operations for existing and new design turbines that minimize the probab Details Bookmark & Share

6.	Evaluation of Fish-Injury Mechanisms During Exposure to a High-Velocity Jet As part of the research supported by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Hydropower Turbine System (AHTS) Program, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) conducted a study where age-0 a Details Bookmark & Share

Evaluation of Fish-Injury Mechanisms During Exposure to a High-Velocity Jet
As part of the research supported by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Hydropower Turbine System (AHTS) Program, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) conducted a study where age-0 a Details Bookmark & Share

7.	Evolution of the Sensor Fish Device for Measuring Physical Conditions in Sever Hydraulic Environments To assist in deriving biological specifications for design of turbine rehabilitation measures, new “fish-friendly” turbines, and spillway designs and operations, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Details Bookmark & Share

Evolution of the Sensor Fish Device for Measuring Physical Conditions in Sever Hydraulic Environments
To assist in deriving biological specifications for design of turbine rehabilitation measures, new “fish-friendly” turbines, and spillway designs and operations, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Details Bookmark & Share

8.	Feasibility Assessment of the Water Energy Resources of the United States for New Low Power and Small Hydro Classes of Hydroelectric Plants: Appendix B - Assessment Results by State Water energy resource sites identified in the resource assessment study reported in Water Energy Resources of the United States with Emphasis on Low Head/Low Power Resources, DOE/ID-11111, April 2004 Details Bookmark & Share

Feasibility Assessment of the Water Energy Resources of the United States for New Low Power and Small Hydro Classes of Hydroelectric Plants: Appendix B - Assessment Results by State
Water energy resource sites identified in the resource assessment study reported in Water Energy Resources of the United States with Emphasis on Low Head/Low Power Resources, DOE/ID-11111, April 2004 Details Bookmark & Share

9.	Feasibility Assessment of the Water Energy Resources of the United States for New Low Power and Small Hydro Classes of Hydroelectric Plants: Appendix B - Assessment Results by State Water energy resource sites identified in the resource assessment study reported in Water Energy Resources of the United States with Emphasis on Low Head/Low Power Resources, DOE/ID-11111, April 2004 Details Bookmark & Share

10.	Feasibility Assessment of the Water Energy Resources of the United States for New Low Power and Small Hydro Classes of Hydroelectric Plants: Main Report and Appendix A Water energy resource sites identified in the resource assessment study reported in Water Energy Resources of the United States with Emphasis on Low Head/Low Power Resources, DOE/ID-11111, April 2004 Details Bookmark & Share

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Feasibility Assessment of the Water Energy Resources of the United States for New Low Power and Small Hydro Classes of Hydroelectric Plants: Main Report and Appendix A
Water energy resource sites identified in the resource assessment study reported in Water Energy Resources of the United States with Emphasis on Low Head/Low Power Resources, DOE/ID-11111, April 2004 Details Bookmark & Share

11.	Final Turbine and Test Facility Design Report Alden/NREC Fish Friendly Turbine The final report provides an overview of the Alden/NREC Fish Friendly turbine design phase, turbine test plan, preliminary test results, costs, schedule, and a hypothetical application at a real world Details Bookmark & Share

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Final Turbine and Test Facility Design Report Alden/NREC Fish Friendly Turbine
The final report provides an overview of the Alden/NREC Fish Friendly turbine design phase, turbine test plan, preliminary test results, costs, schedule, and a hypothetical application at a real world Details Bookmark & Share

12.	Fish Passage Through a Simulated Horizontal Bulb Turbine Pressure Regime: A Supplement to "Laboratoy Studies of the Effects of Pressure and Dissolved Gas Supersaturation on Turbine-Passed Fish" Migratory and resident fish in the Columbia River Basin are exposed to stresses associated with hydroelectric power production, including pressure changes during turbine passage. The responses of fall Details Bookmark & Share

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Fish Passage Through a Simulated Horizontal Bulb Turbine Pressure Regime: A Supplement to "Laboratoy Studies of the Effects of Pressure and Dissolved Gas Supersaturation on Turbine-Passed Fish"
Migratory and resident fish in the Columbia River Basin are exposed to stresses associated with hydroelectric power production, including pressure changes during turbine passage. The responses of fall Details Bookmark & Share

13.	Further Tests of Changes in Fish Escape Behavior Resulting from Sublethal Stresses Associated with Hydroelectric Turbine Passage Fish that pass through a hydroelectric turbine may not be killed directly, but may nonetheless experience sublethal stresses that will increase their susceptibility to predators (indirect mortality). Details Bookmark & Share

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Further Tests of Changes in Fish Escape Behavior Resulting from Sublethal Stresses Associated with Hydroelectric Turbine Passage
Fish that pass through a hydroelectric turbine may not be killed directly, but may nonetheless experience sublethal stresses that will increase their susceptibility to predators (indirect mortality). Details Bookmark & Share

14.	Hydropower R&D: Recent Advances in Turbine Passage Technology The purpose of this report is to describe the recent and planned R&D activities across the U.S. related to survival of fish entrained in hydroelectric turbines. In this report, we have considered stud Details Bookmark & Share

15.	Hydropower’s Contribution to Carbon Dioxide Emission Reduction The annual carbon dioxide emissions currently (1997 figures) avoided by the use of hydropower in electricity generation is 142 million metric tons, and it has a carbon tax value of $7.1 billion. Devel Details Bookmark & Share

16.	Identifying the Effects on Fish of Changes in Water Pressure During Turbine Passage This article discusses experiments conducted by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to determine how water pressure and dissolved gas levels associated with hydroelectric facilities may affect t Details Bookmark & Share

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Identifying the Effects on Fish of Changes in Water Pressure During Turbine Passage
This article discusses experiments conducted by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to determine how water pressure and dissolved gas levels associated with hydroelectric facilities may affect t Details Bookmark & Share

17.	Laboratory Studies of the Effects of Pressure and Dissolved Gas Supersaturation on Turbine-Passed Fish Designing advanced turbine systems requires knowledge of environmental conditions that injure or kill fish such as the stresses associated with hydroelectric power production, including pressure chang Details Bookmark & Share

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Laboratory Studies of the Effects of Pressure and Dissolved Gas Supersaturation on Turbine-Passed Fish
Designing advanced turbine systems requires knowledge of environmental conditions that injure or kill fish such as the stresses associated with hydroelectric power production, including pressure chang Details Bookmark & Share

18.	Laboratory Studies of the Effects of Pressure and Dissolved Gas Supersaturation on Turbine-Passed Fish Migratory and resident fish in the Columbia River Basin are exposed to stresses associated with hydroelectric power production, including changes in pressure as they pass through turbines and dissolve Details Bookmark & Share

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Laboratory Studies of the Effects of Pressure and Dissolved Gas Supersaturation on Turbine-Passed Fish
Migratory and resident fish in the Columbia River Basin are exposed to stresses associated with hydroelectric power production, including changes in pressure as they pass through turbines and dissolve Details Bookmark & Share

19.	Laboratory Studies on the Effects of Shear on Fish: Final Report The overall objective of these studies was to specify an index describing the hydraulic force that fish experience when subjected to a shear environment. Fluid shear is a phenomenon that is important Details Bookmark & Share

20.	Large-Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Circular Jet Flows This report presents a numerical method for carrying out large-eddy simulations (LES) of turbulent free shear flows and an application of a method to simulate the flow generated by a nozzle dischargin Details Bookmark & Share

21.	Microhydropower Handbook, Volume 1, Part 1 The purpose of the “Microhydropower Handbook, Volume 1, Part 1” is to provide a mechanically proficient lay person with sufficient information to evaluate microhydropower site potential, lay out a sit Details Bookmark & Share

22.	Microhydropower Handbook, Volume 1, Part 2 The purpose of the “Microhydropower Handbook, Volume 1, Part 2” is to provide a mechanically proficient lay person with sufficient information to evaluate microhydropower site potential, lay out a sit Details Bookmark & Share

23.	Microhydropower Handbook, Volume 2 The purpose of the “Microhydropower Handbook, Volume 2” - is to provide accompanying appendices, figures, and tables for the Microhydropower Handbook, Volume 1" for a mechanically proficient lay perso Details Bookmark & Share

24.	Potential Impacts of Hydrokinetic and Wave Energy Conversion Technologies on Aquatic Environments A new generation of hydropower technologies, the kinetic hydro and wave energy conversion devices, offers the possibility of generating electricity from the movements of water, without the need for da Details Bookmark & Share

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Potential Impacts of Hydrokinetic and Wave Energy Conversion Technologies on Aquatic Environments
A new generation of hydropower technologies, the kinetic hydro and wave energy conversion devices, offers the possibility of generating electricity from the movements of water, without the need for da Details Bookmark & Share

25.	Proceedings of the Hydrokinetic and Wave Energy Technologies Technical and Environmental Issues Workshop Renewable energy technologies offer the promise of non-polluting alternatives to fossil and nuclear-fueled power plants to meet growing demand for electrical energy. Two emerging categories of renewab Details Bookmark & Share

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Proceedings of the Hydrokinetic and Wave Energy Technologies Technical and Environmental Issues Workshop
Renewable energy technologies offer the promise of non-polluting alternatives to fossil and nuclear-fueled power plants to meet growing demand for electrical energy. Two emerging categories of renewab Details Bookmark & Share

26.	Regulatory Approaches for Addressing Dissolved Oxygen Concerns at Hydropower Facilities Low dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations are a common water quality problem downstream of hydropower facilities. At some facilities, structural improvements (e.g. installation of weir dams or aerating Details Bookmark & Share

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Regulatory Approaches for Addressing Dissolved Oxygen Concerns at Hydropower Facilities
Low dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations are a common water quality problem downstream of hydropower facilities. At some facilities, structural improvements (e.g. installation of weir dams or aerating Details Bookmark & Share

27.	Response of Juvenile Pacific Lamprey to Turbine Passage To help determine the Pacific lamprey’s ability to survive turbine passage, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists conducted laboratory tests designed to simulate a fish’s passage through th Details Bookmark & Share

28.	Simulated Passage through a Modified Kaplan Turbine Pressure Regime: A Supplement to "Laboratory Studies of the Effects of Pressure and Dissolved Gas Supersaturation on Turbine-Passed Fish" A previous test series (Abernethy et al. 2001) evaluated the effects of passage through a Kaplan turbine under the “worst case” pressure conditions. For this series of tests, pressure changes were mod Details Bookmark & Share

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Simulated Passage through a Modified Kaplan Turbine Pressure Regime: A Supplement to "Laboratory Studies of the Effects of Pressure and Dissolved Gas Supersaturation on Turbine-Passed Fish"
A previous test series (Abernethy et al. 2001) evaluated the effects of passage through a Kaplan turbine under the “worst case” pressure conditions. For this series of tests, pressure changes were mod Details Bookmark & Share

29.	Six-Degree-of-Freedom Sensor Fish Design - Governing Equations and Motion Modeling The Sensor Fish device is being used at Northwest hydropower projects to better understand the conditions fish experience during passage through hydro turbines and other dam bypass alternatives. Since Details Bookmark & Share

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Six-Degree-of-Freedom Sensor Fish Design - Governing Equations and Motion Modeling
The Sensor Fish device is being used at Northwest hydropower projects to better understand the conditions fish experience during passage through hydro turbines and other dam bypass alternatives. Since Details Bookmark & Share

30.	Stay Vane and Wicket Gate Relationship Study This report evaluates potential environmental and performance gains that can be achieved in a Kaplan turbine through non-structural modifications to stay vane and wicket gate assemblies. This summary Details Bookmark & Share

31.	Study of Fish Response Using Particle Image Velocimetry and High-Speed, High-Resolution Imaging Fish swimming has fascinated both engineers and fish biologists for decades. Digital particle image velocimetry (DPIV) and high-speed, high-resolution digital imaging are recently developed analysis t Details Bookmark & Share

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Study of Fish Response Using Particle Image Velocimetry and High-Speed, High-Resolution Imaging
Fish swimming has fascinated both engineers and fish biologists for decades. Digital particle image velocimetry (DPIV) and high-speed, high-resolution digital imaging are recently developed analysis t Details Bookmark & Share

32.	Technologies for Evaluating Fish Passage Through Turbines This study evaluated the feasibility of two types of technologies to observe fish and near neutrally buoyant drogues as they move through hydropower turbines. Existing or reasonably modified light-emi Details Bookmark & Share

33.	The Development of Advanced Hydroelectric Turbines to Improve Fish Passage Survival Recent efforts to improve the survival of hydroelectric turbine-passed juvenile fish have explored modifications to both operation and design of the turbines. Much of this research is being carried ou Details Bookmark & Share

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The Development of Advanced Hydroelectric Turbines to Improve Fish Passage Survival
Recent efforts to improve the survival of hydroelectric turbine-passed juvenile fish have explored modifications to both operation and design of the turbines. Much of this research is being carried ou Details Bookmark & Share

34.	The Effects of Turbine Passage on C-Start Behavior of Salmon at the Wanapum Dam, Washington In 2005, Grant County Public Utility District No. 2 (GCPUD) replaced one of the 10 Kaplan turbines at Wanapum Dam with an advanced turbine that was developed with support from the U.S. Department of E Details Bookmark & Share

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The Effects of Turbine Passage on C-Start Behavior of Salmon at the Wanapum Dam, Washington
In 2005, Grant County Public Utility District No. 2 (GCPUD) replaced one of the 10 Kaplan turbines at Wanapum Dam with an advanced turbine that was developed with support from the U.S. Department of E Details Bookmark & Share

35.	Turbine Imaging Technology Assessment The goal of this project was to identify and evaluate imaging technologies for observing juvenile fish within a Kaplan turbine, and specifically that would enable scientists to determine mechanisms of Details Bookmark & Share

36.	U.S. Hydropower Resource Assessment Final Report To provide a more accurate assessment of the domestic undeveloped hydropower capacity, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydropower Program developed a computer model, Hydropower Evaluation Software (HE Details Bookmark & Share

37.	Water Energy Resources of the United States with Emphasis on Low Head/Low Power Resources Analytical assessments of the water energy resources in the 20 hydrologic regions of the United States were performed using state-of-the-art digital elevation models and geographic information system Details Bookmark & Share

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Water Energy Resources of the United States with Emphasis on Low Head/Low Power Resources
Analytical assessments of the water energy resources in the 20 hydrologic regions of the United States were performed using state-of-the-art digital elevation models and geographic information system Details Bookmark & Share

38.	Water Energy Resources of the United States with Emphasis on Low Head/Low Power Resources: Appendix A - Assessment Results by Hydrologic Region Analytical assessments of the water energy resources in the 20 hydrologic regions of the United States were performed using state-of-the-art digital elevation models and geographic information system Details Bookmark & Share

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Water Energy Resources of the United States with Emphasis on Low Head/Low Power Resources: Appendix A - Assessment Results by Hydrologic Region
Analytical assessments of the water energy resources in the 20 hydrologic regions of the United States were performed using state-of-the-art digital elevation models and geographic information system Details Bookmark & Share

39.	Water Energy Resources of the United States with Emphasis on Low Head/Low Power Resources: Appendix B - Assessment Results by State Analytical assessments of the water energy resources in the 20 hydrologic regions of the United States were performed using state-of-the-art digital elevation models and geographic information system Details Bookmark & Share

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Water Energy Resources of the United States with Emphasis on Low Head/Low Power Resources: Appendix B - Assessment Results by State
Analytical assessments of the water energy resources in the 20 hydrologic regions of the United States were performed using state-of-the-art digital elevation models and geographic information system Details Bookmark & Share

40.	Water Energy Resources of the United States with Emphasis on Low Head/Low Power Resources: Appendix B - Assessment Results by State Analytical assessments of the water energy resources in the 20 hydrologic regions of the United States were performed using state-of-the-art digital elevation models and geographic information system Details Bookmark & Share

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41.	Water Energy Resources of the United States with Emphasis on Low Head/Low Power Resources: Appendix C - Validation Study Analytical assessments of the water energy resources in the 20 hydrologic regions of the United States were performed using state-of-the-art digital elevation models and geographic information system Details Bookmark & Share

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Water Energy Resources of the United States with Emphasis on Low Head/Low Power Resources: Appendix C - Validation Study
Analytical assessments of the water energy resources in the 20 hydrologic regions of the United States were performed using state-of-the-art digital elevation models and geographic information system Details Bookmark & Share

42.	Ocean Energy Technology Overview Introduction to and overview of ocean renewable energy resources and technologies prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy Federal Energy management Program. Details Bookmark & Share

43.	A Study of United States Hydroelectric Plant Ownership Ownership of United States hydroelectric plants is reviewed from several perspectives. Plant owners are grouped into six owner classes as defined by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The numbe Details Bookmark & Share

44.	A Summary of Environmentally Friendly Turbine Design Concepts The Advanced Hydropower Turbine System Program (AHTS) was created in 1994 by the U.S. Department of Energy, Electric Power Research Institute, and the Hydropower Research Foundation. The Program’s mai Details Bookmark & Share

45.	Advanced Sensor Fish Device for ImprovedTurbine Design Juvenile salmon (smolts) passing through hydroelectric turbines are subjected to environmental conditions that can potentially kill or injure them. Many turbines are reaching the end of their operatio Details Bookmark & Share

46.	Analysis of Environmental Issues Related to Small-Scale Hydroelectric Development II: Design Consideration for Passing Fish Upstream Around Dams The purpose of this report is to provide general information for use by potential developers of small scale hydroelectric projects that will include facilities to pass migrating fish upstream around d Details Bookmark & Share

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Analysis of Environmental Issues Related to Small-Scale Hydroelectric Development II: Design Consideration for Passing Fish Upstream Around Dams
The purpose of this report is to provide general information for use by potential developers of small scale hydroelectric projects that will include facilities to pass migrating fish upstream around d Details Bookmark & Share

47.	Analysis of Environmental Issues Related to Small-Scale Hydroelectric Development IV: Fish Mortality Resulting From Turbine Passage The purpose of this report is to provide summary information for use by potential developers and regulators of small-scale hydroelectric projects (defined as existing dams that can be retrofitted to a Details Bookmark & Share

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Analysis of Environmental Issues Related to Small-Scale Hydroelectric Development IV: Fish Mortality Resulting From Turbine Passage
The purpose of this report is to provide summary information for use by potential developers and regulators of small-scale hydroelectric projects (defined as existing dams that can be retrofitted to a Details Bookmark & Share

48.	Analysis of Environmental Issues Related to Small-Scale Hydroelectric Development V: Instream Flow Needs for Fishery Resources The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to developers of small-scale hydroelectric projects on the assessment of instream flow needs. While numerous methods have been developed to assess t Details Bookmark & Share

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Analysis of Environmental Issues Related to Small-Scale Hydroelectric Development V: Instream Flow Needs for Fishery Resources
The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to developers of small-scale hydroelectric projects on the assessment of instream flow needs. While numerous methods have been developed to assess t Details Bookmark & Share

49.	Application of Biological Design Criteria and Computational Fluid Dynamics to Investigate Fish Survival in Kaplan Turbines One of the contributing factors to fish injury in a turbine environment is shear stress. This paper presents the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to display and quantify areas of elevated sh Details Bookmark & Share

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Application of Biological Design Criteria and Computational Fluid Dynamics to Investigate Fish Survival in Kaplan Turbines
One of the contributing factors to fish injury in a turbine environment is shear stress. This paper presents the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to display and quantify areas of elevated sh Details Bookmark & Share

50.	Biological Assessment of the Advanced Turbine Design at Wanapum Dam, 2005 Three studies were conducted to evaluate the biological performance of an advanced design turbine installed at Unit 8 of Wanapum Dam on the Columbia River in 2005 versus a conventional Kaplan turbine, Details Bookmark & Share

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Biological Assessment of the Advanced Turbine Design at Wanapum Dam, 2005
Three studies were conducted to evaluate the biological performance of an advanced design turbine installed at Unit 8 of Wanapum Dam on the Columbia River in 2005 versus a conventional Kaplan turbine, Details Bookmark & Share