Open AccessU.S. Hydropower Resource Assessment - California
Author(s) -
A.M. Conner,
B.N. Rinehart,
J.E. Francfort
Publication year - 1998
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/5716
Subject(s) - hydropower , resource (disambiguation) , software , environmental impact assessment , environmental resource management , environmental science , computer science , engineering , ecology , computer network , electrical engineering , biology , programming language
The U.S. Department of Energy is developing an estimate of the underdeveloped hydropower potential in the United States. For this purpose, the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory developed a computer model called Hydropower Evaluation Software (HES). HES 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 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 describes the resource assessment results for the State of California