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Water Power Peer Review

51-Mile Hydroelectric Power Project PI: Jim GordonEarth By Design, Inc.Email: jgrenewables@hotmail.com (541) 385-1135November, 2011

Demonstrating new methodologies and technology to reduce the LCOE for small, hydropower development

Advanced Technologies and Methodologies for Small Hydropower Development

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Purpose, Objectives, & Integration

Project Purpose:• Promote cost effective, sustainable small hydropower through advanced

technologies & methodologies.• Reduce the LCOE to less than $0.07 per kWh.

• Capitalize on the undeveloped resource potential offered by sustainable, small hydropower

• Demonstrate the advanced project technologies and assessment of its cost, performance & reliability

Relation to Program Objectives:• Effectively transfer the technical and economic results of the project

based on real-world construction and operations to facilitate widespread adoption of this new technology with reduced costs, times, and risks to the industry.

• Demonstrate reliable, cost-effective, highly-efficient and flexible technology to capitalize on small scale hydropower opportunities previously unattainable.

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Technical Approach

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Technical Approach

Additional Key Issues:• Refining Levelized Cost of Energy model for hydropower using the

innovative methodologies in construction and advanced technology.

• Providing publications that can be used to develop cost-models for future hydro projects where previously considered cost-prohibitive due to capital costs and/or low-income.

• ORNL will review and comment on the computer tools developed by CleanPower, that are based on the empiric data from model testing.

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Plan, Schedule, & Budget

Schedule• Initiation date: 10/1/2011• Planned completion date: 10/1/2014

– [This is one month later than previously anticipated based on date of award received]• Milestones

– Preliminary Permitting, licensing, interconnection and financing by April 2012– Manufacturing and review of equipment by October 2012– Construction and commissioning by April 2013– Operations and testing by September 2014

• Go/no-go decision points – Project Financing by February 2012– Permitting and Licensing of project by April 2012– Construction completion by January 2013

Budget: • There have been no variances in the proposed budget to date.• [Identify what portion of the project budget has been expended to date.]

Proposed BudgetFY2011 FY2012 FY2013

DOE Cost-share DOE Cost-share DOE Cost-share

$1,096,574 $2,539,428 $221,456 986,527 $181,970