Harnessing the Hydro-Electric Potential of Engineered Drops Award Number: DE-EE0005428 CX(s) Applied: B5.15 Water Power Program Date: 10/07/2014 Location(s): Washington Office(s): Golden Field Office
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October 7, 2014
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Harnessing the Hydro-Electric Potential of Engineered Drops
Award Number: DE-EE0005428
CX(s) Applied: B5.15
Water Power Program
Date: 10/07/2014
Location(s): Washington
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to Percheron Power, LLC (Percheron) to design, permit, install and test a demonstration low-head hydropower generation facility on an existing canal system near Montrose, Colorado. Percheron would utilize a new type of turbine and technology, referred to as Archimedes Hydrodynamic Screw (AHS) to demonstrate that this is a viable low flow hydro-electric technology system with broad applicability to both engineered and natural drops throughout the U.S.