PROPEL-Hydro System Award Number: DE-EE0008012 CX(s) Applied: A9 Water Power Technologies Office Date: 4/20/2017 Location(s): OH Office(s): Golden Field Office
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
April 27, 2017
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PROPEL-Hydro System
Award Number: DE-EE0008012
CX(s) Applied: A9
Water Power Technologies Office
Date: 4/20/2017
Location(s): OH
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to Rickly Hydrological Co. to develop a family of modules including power train and infrastructure components supported by design software which will lower the cost and time of installing hydro assets at non-powered dams. The proposed project would be divided into two Budget Periods (BP), with a down-select between each. This NEPA review is for BP1 only.
BP1 would involve design, development, configuration, and modeling of a small hydro power turbine and related components which would take place at Rickly Hydrological’s facility in Columbus, OH. BP1 activities would be limited to intellectual, academic, or analytical activities and would require no physical materials beyond standard office supplies and computer equipment.