New Development: Rediscovering Hydropower

From HydroWorld:

In downtown Minneapolis, workers are putting the finishing touches on a new 10-MW hydroelectric project that will begin generating power early this year for customers of Xcel Energy.

The site next to the Lower Saint Anthony Falls Lock and Dam on the Mississippi River hasn't been used to generate power since 1987, when a turn-of-the-century powerhouse failed due to sandstone erosion. Efforts to resume hydropower production with conventional technologies were deserted because the economics and technology were deemed unpractical.

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