Open AccessHydropower Potential on Agricultural Dam: An Evaluation for Pedu Dam
Author(s) -
E. Roslan,
Muhammad Azwadi Sulaiman,
Afifi Akhiar,
Faiz Zamri,
Faridah Hani Mohamed Salleh,
Rashdan Isa,
Abd Halim Shamsuddin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of recent technology and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-3878
DOI - 10.35940/ijrte.d5115.118419
Subject(s) - hydropower , agriculture , environmental science , electricity , greenhouse gas , fossil fuel , electricity generation , hydroelectricity , environmental engineering , water resource management , engineering , power (physics) , waste management , geography , ecology , physics , quantum mechanics , electrical engineering , biology , archaeology
In line with its continuous GDP increase, the growth in electricity demand has shown a similar trend of annual increment for Malaysia. With the projected continuous increase of electricity demand, more fossil fuel-based power plants are committed to be built in the near future. To mitigate the resulting greenhouse gas emission from increasing demand, exploiting existing agricultural dam initially built for agricultural purposes for energy can be considered as an option. This study shows the potential of generating electricity from Pedu dam located in Kedah, initially built with the objective to harvest paddy twice annually. The study shows that there is a potential of 156,072MWh to be generated from the dam water release, with the power of 33,155kW and a capacity factor of 53.7%, using Kaplan type turbine.