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194 comments on A North American Energy Plan for 2030: Hydro-electricity the forgotten renewable energy resource

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Neil1947 on April 6, 2009 - 4:43pm

Gail the DOE , 2003 study I have linked to in article shows that many dams don't generate any power or can be upgraded to produce additional power for $1600/kWh capacity( 2003 figures). This is not much more than NG peakers, but very little running costs

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Gail the Actuary on April 7, 2009 - 7:22am

Thanks. I didn't get a chance to read the new study. I think it would be a good one for Oil Drum folks to look at.

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