Posts Tagged ‘hydroelectric’

Company files with FERC to study river turbines

by Associated Press Published: October 25,2012

Tags: application, ecosystem, electric, energy, environmewnt, federal agency, hydroelectric, power, river, study, sustainable energy, turbine, water, waterflow, wilflife

MISSISSIPPI RIVER — A company continues to study the feasibility of putting power-generating turbines in the Mississippi River. Free Flow Power, a Boston-based company, has filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a preliminary permit to study the feasibility of a hydropower project near Concordia Parish, La. Daniel Lissner with Free Flow [...] [...]

TVA: Lack of rainfall negatively imacting hydroelectric generation

by MBJ Staff Published: May 17,2012

Tags: drought, electricity, energy, generation, hydroelectric, reservoirs, utilities, Weather

NORTH MISSISSIPPI — The Tennessee Valley Authority says a lack of rainfall has hydroelectric generation running 12 percent below normal. Hydro is TVA’s cheapest source of electricity, but accounts for only about 8 percent of the power the federal utility produces. The lower water level in the reservoirs might have more effect on recreation, including [...] [...]

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