Chicopee Hydroelectric Project. Feasibility assessment

• Main Author: Not Available
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: 13 HYDRO ENERGY; LOW-HEAD HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MASSACHUSETTS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; DAMS; LEGAL ASPECTS; POWER GENERATION; RETROFITTING; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; ELECTRIC POWER; ENERGY SOURCES; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH ATLANTIC REGION; POWER; POWER PLANTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; USA; Low Head; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5766717; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5766717; https://doi.org/10.2172/5766717

The results of a feasibility analysis for hydroelectric generating facilities at the Chicopee Falls Dam in Chicopee, Massachusetts are presented. The project has been examined for economic, engineering, and environmental viability. The projected facility controls a 714 square mile drainage area and...