Open AccessU.S. hydropower resource assessment for Maine
Author(s) -
J.E. Francfort,
B.N. Rinehart
Publication year - 1995
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/114571
Subject(s) - hydropower , resource (disambiguation) , software , environmental resource management , engineering , computer science , environmental science , computer network , electrical engineering , programming language
The Department of Energy is developing an estimate of the undeveloped hydro-power potential in the United States. The Hydropower Evaluation Software (HES) is a computer model that was developed by the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory for this purpose. The software measures the undeveloped hydropower resources available in the United States, using uniform criteria for measurement. The software was developed and tested using hydropower information and data provided by the Southwestern Power Administration. It is a menu-driven software program that allows the personal computer user to assign environmental attributes to potential hydropower sites, calculate development suitability factors for each site based on the environmental attributes present, and generate reports based on these suitability factors. This report details the resource assessment results for the State of Maine