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DOE Water Power Program – Making It Happen
Michael J. Sale
NWHA 2011 Annual Conference, Portland, OR
February 23, 2011
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Position among Renewables
U.S. Installed Renewable Capacity (EIA, 2008*)
Other - 1,042 MW
Wind - 24,980 MW
Other Biomass - 4,854 MW
Geothermal - 3,281 MW
Wood Biomass - 7,730 MW
Hydro - 77,731 MW
Solar - 539 MW
Pumped Storage - 20,335 MW
*Accessed 6-21-10: http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/epat1p2.html
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Trends in National Portfolio
High annual variability and recent stagnant/downward trending
(1) Trends in U.S. total portfolio
(2) Corps projects becoming less
available (industry standard > 95%)
100
95
Percent (%)
90
85
80
75
70
FY1999
FY2000
FY2001
FY2002
Peak Availability (%)
FY2003
FY2004
FY2005
Availability (%)
Source: LG Hydro Presentation, March 2010
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Water Power Program Structure
Water Team Mission
Water Power
Program
Marine &
Hydrokinetic
Technologies
4
Conventional
Hydropower
Technologies
Technology
Development
Technology
Development &
Deployment
Market
Acceleration
Market
Acceleration
Develop and deploy novel
technologies, improved
operational procedures, and
rigorous analysis to:
1) assess the potential
extractable energy from
domestic rivers, estuaries and
coastal waters; and
2) support industry to harness
this renewable, emissionsfree resource through
environmentally sustainable
and cost-effective electric
generation.
Water Power Funding History
Significant increase in appropriations over requests from
FY 08 to FY 10, coming into balance between MHK and CH
$60
=Marine & Hydrokinetic ($M)
=Conventional Hydropower ($M)
FY 10
$50
$50
Equal split
proposed
for FY 11
FY 09
$40
$40
$40
$30
$30
$29
70%
$20
FY 08
$10
$10
$9
$0
$0
$1
90%
10%
Request Approp.
$3
$11
30%
Request Approp.
$35
70%
$20
50%
$20
50%
$15
$15
$15
30%
Request Approp.
Request
New Opportunities in Hydropower
Numerous ways to increase hydropower portfolio
1) Improvements at existing
power plants:
• Efficiency upgrades
• Capacity upgrades
2) Development of non-powered
dams
3) Small hydropower (< 5 MW):
• Low-head dams or
conveyance structures
• New sites (waterfalls or
diversions)
• Water distribution systems
4) Pumped-storage hydropower
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Current Priorities and Activities
1. Demonstrate and deploy lowest
cost options
2. Develop new technologies with
better combined energy and
environmental performance
3. Quantify undeveloped resources
and cost-of-energy
4. Engage with regulators,
agencies and NGOs to reduce
time and cost of licensing
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Recovery Act Projects
Alabama Power Co.
Alcoa Inc
City of Boulder
City of North
Littlerock
City of Tacoma
Incorporated County
of Los Alamos
Minnesota Power
Original
Capacity
(MW)
Capacity
Increase
(MW)
159
88
20
11.6
22
4.9
36087
47200
11600
6.00
12.95
1.18
30.00
77.30
5.07
3.6
6000
23500
0.45
4.67
0.90
27.52
6468
6000
4.56
0.82
9.12
2.62
n/a
81
13.8
12
3
Gen.
DOE
Increase Funding
(MWh)
($M)
Total
Cost
($M)
Engaging with Industry
The Hydro Advancement Project (HAP): a pathway to
stimulate hydro industry by enabling new development
without new dams
Focus on most cost-effective, least controversial types of new development:
Upgrades at existing power plants and retrofitting existing non-powered dams
(1) Create uniform auditing standards and procedures
(2) Conduct feasibility audits, to identify energy upgrade options at
existing sites power plants, including advanced technology (cheap
screening analyses, $30k-$50k/site, and many sites)
(3) Provide financial assistance for detailed engineering design studies
at most competitive sites, to define construction costs and drive
financial decisions (costs are $1M-$2M/site)
7/17/2015
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New Federal Cooperation
MOU for Hydropower among DOE, DOI and DOA
• Signed in March 2010, MOU highlights 7 key areas for interagency
collaboration.
• Major ongoing activities to date
– Assessments of energy generation potential and analysis of potential
climate change impacts to energy generation at federal hydropower
facilities
– Exploring opportunities for collaboration across entire river basins to
increase generation and environmental conditions
– Green Hydropower Certification
– Federal Inland Hydropower Working Group
– Joint development and demonstration of advanced technologies
– Renewable Energy Integration and Energy Storage
– Facilitate permitting for federal and non-federal projects at federal
facilities
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Private Development of Federal Sites
Significant development opportunities exist at federal facilities
Barriers to accelerating development
• Jurisdictional Uncertainty
– Clarify the licensing process regarding
overlapping regulatory authorities
• Hydropower is not a priority/mission at
federal projects
– Elevate profile of hydropower at federal
facilities
Federal Dams
•
Produce ~50% of U.S.
conventional hydropower
•
Include hundreds of nonpowered dams that are
capable of producing
hydropower
•
Limited funding for federal
agencies to develop hydro
• Lease of Power Privilege
– Study if program is working to incentivize
or not
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Resource Assessments
Defining resource potential is a critical step in designing
and defending Program
Problems with Existing Resource Assessments
• Show substantial resource size, but use inconsistent assumptions about likely
development and not detailed enough for cost-curve modeling
National Hydropower Asset Assessment Project (NHAAP)
• Collect best-available data from all sources to understand the portfolio
– Power plants and equipment
– Dams, diversions and reservoirs
– Stream and river basin variables
– Long-term generation patterns
– Water availability and effects of generation
Program Supported Detailed Resource Assessments
• Comprehensive across the U.S; integrated across resource type
–
New Small Hydropower
–
Non-Powered Dams
–
Pumped Storage Hydropower
To be completed in 2011 by ORNL and INL
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New Tools for Resource Assessment
Oak Ridge National Laboratory National Asset Assessment
Water Power GIS
Hydropower
Streamflow
Temperature
Elevation
Transmission
Water use
Land
Etc.
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Next Big Event
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BACKUP SLIDES
Questions/Comments?
Mike Reed
Technology Lead of Water Power Program
202-586-2725
[email protected]
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Recovery Act Projects
FY2009 ARRA
Recipient
DOE
Recipient
Total Budget
$12,950,000
$64,652,334
$77,302,334
Alabama Power Company – Upgrading 4 turbines at 3 dams
- 2 of 3 subcontracts awarded; equipment manufacturing underway
- 3rd contract under negotiation, expecting to be completed this month
$6,000,000
$24,000,000
$30,000,000
City of Tacoma – 3MW powerhouse and Fish Elevator
- Project is breaking ground on March 17th. Beginning construction of Powerhouse and fish
passage system
$4,671,304
$22,844,173
$27,515,477
Incorporated County of Los Alamos
- Project is near completion and will be conducting commissioning activities in late March,
with an official dedication ceremony on April 21st
$4,558,344
$4,558,344
$9,116,688
$1,180,000
$3,894,616
$5,074,616
$815,995
$1,809,445
$2,625,440
$450,000
$450,000
$900,000
$30,625,643
$122,778,855
$153,404,498
Alcoa, Inc. – Upgrading 4 Turbines and related equipment
- Half the equipment ordered (designs being incorporated now), looking at engineering
deliverables for switch gear and static power supply (last deliverables rec’d in March/April)
City of Boulder – Upgrading 100 year old turbine and related equipment
- Turbine/Generator contract Kick Off Meeting held with Canyon Hydro. Equipment
manufacturing is underway.
- Design work underway to finalize RFP for general construction contract
Minnesota Power – Installation of new stainless steel runner, and wicket gates
- Initiated procurements for capital equipment
City of North Little Rock – Installation of trash collection and maintenance system
- Purchased wood chipper
- NEPA work completed and project is moving a head with procurement of the trash rake
system.
Total
Push for Financial Incentives
Proposed Changes for Tax Credits
PTC Parity
• Hydropower currently receives half
of full PTC value
• Equal PTC credit needed to level
playing field with other renewables
Extension of programs
• Current deadline of 2014 is not
enough time to accommodate
development timeframes; especially
for non-powered dams
• Extension would allow for licensing
and development of new facilities
(including non-powered)
Expansion to Storage
• Tax credits not available for pumped
storage technologies
• Pumped storage can help integrate
renewables, and is increasingly
powered by clean energy
• PTC can help overcome financing
difficulties
•
•
Increase funding for CREB
program
Include incremental hydropower in
RES
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