Factors hindering the development of small-scale municipal hydropower: a case study of the Black River project in Springfield, Vermont

• Main Authors: Peters, E., Berger, G., Amlin, J., Meadows, D.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, NH (USA). Thayer School of Engineering 1979
• Subjects: Financing; Institutional Factors; Usa 130400* > Hydro Energy > Legislation & Regulations; Hydroelectric Power Plants; Economics; Environmental Impacts; Vermont; 29 Energy Planning; Policy And Economy; North Atlantic Region; Planning; North America; Low-Head Hydroelectric Power Plants; Licensing; 293000 > Energy Planning & Policy > Policy; Legislation; & Regulation; 13 Hydro Energy; Power Plants; Low Head; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/6618265; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1186828/

There are many good reasons to use New England's small-scale hydropower resources to generate electricity. But current production capacity in the three northern states is only 1300 MW, just 35% of the 3710 MW estimated to be available to the states. Though the benefits of properly designed proj...