Case study analysis of legal and institutional obstacles and incentives to the development of the hydroelectric potential at Goose River, Maine

• Main Author: None
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: 13 HYDRO ENERGY; 29 ENERGY PLANNING; POLICY AND ECONOMY; LOW-HEAD HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; FINANCIAL INCENTIVES; LEGAL ASPECTS; PLANNING; REGULATIONS; MAINE; COST; DAMS; ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; OWNERSHIP; RESOURCE POTENTIAL; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH ATLANTIC REGION; POWER PLANTS; USA; Low Head; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5232895; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5232895; https://doi.org/10.2172/5232895

The case study is an analysis of the legal, institutional, and financial incentives and obstacles to the development of the hydroelectric potential on the Goose River in Maine. The Goose River project concerns development by a private developer, Maine Hydro-Electric Development Corporation. The project is comprised of a five-dam system, with the first dam located at Swan Lake and the fifth dam about one mile from the sea. It will utilize the 7500 acre-feet of storage capacity of Swan Lake to run the four downstream power stations. The system is designed to generate 430 kWs of total capacity which would be sold to Central Maine Power, the local investor-owned public utility.