Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant-Martinsville Hydro Plant ProjectCX(s) Applied: B5.1Date: 12/22/2010Location(s): Martinsville, VirginiaOffice(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
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December 22, 2010
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CX(s) Applied: B5.1
Date: 12/22/2010
Location(s): Martinsville, Virginia
Office(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
The City of Martinsville is proposing to use Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant funding to rebuild two existing 77-year old turbine units for two generators with a combined 1.3 megawatt capacity to improve operating efficiency and increase power production at this renewable energy site as well as retrofit the manually operated plant with automation equipment to provide the capability for the generating equipment to operate automatically, around the clock based on river level and flow, increasing the plant's electric power production and reducing the City's need for power purchased from outside sources.