Renewable energy system produces electricity from water in pipelines

Riverside Public Utilities  to use In-pipe Hydropower System

Renewable energy system from Lucid Energy produces electricity from water moving through pipelines.

Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) was awarded a 2011 Outstanding Energy Management Award for its ongoing evaluation of an in-pipe hydropower system from Lucid Energy Inc., a renewable energy technology company and pioneer in the development of in-pipe hydropower systems for large water users.

The award, which was presented by the California-Nevada Section of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) at its annual fall conference, recognizes top water utilities for innovative energy management.

The first prototype of the LucidPipe™ Power System from Lucid Energy was installed inside a 42-inch water pipe in Riverside, California in February 2010 and the third generation system, which has been in continuous operation since March 2011, has already generated more than 23 megawatt hours of renewable electricity. A permanent installation of the system is scheduled for November 2011.

Lucid Energy’s LucidPipe™ Power System, which was developed in conjunction with Northwest Pipe Company, is a patented,

in-pipe turbine that captures energy from fast-moving water inside of gravity-fed water pipelines to produce clean, reliable, low-cost electricity with no impact on operation.

The installation at RPU utilizes a portion of a gravity-fed water pipe that is fitted with Lucid Energy’s vertical axis spherical turbine, which spins as water passes it. Because of the turbine’s lift-based design, the LucidPipe can operate across a wide range of flow conditions, volumes and velocities with no interruption of water flow. The study at RPU confirmed that less than 1 PSI of pressure was extracted from the system as a result of the in-pipe turbine.

“We’re proud to accept this award from the AWWA as a recognition of RPU’s commitment to cost-saving, renewable energy,” said Kevin Milligan, assistant general manager of water utility for the City of Riverside. “It’s very exciting to be on the cutting edge of water-to-wire technology, and the Lucid Energy system has enabled us to turn our existing municipal water infrastructure into a generator of clean, continuous electricity.”

“We chose Riverside for our field testing because of RPU’s progressive outlook and the City of Riverside’s commitment to environmental sustainability, and this AWWA award reinforces that,” said Josh Kanagy, director of business development for Lucid Energy. “Based on our experience results at RPU, we are engaging other leading municipalities, and industrial water users who can benefit from clean, predictable, low-cost energy.”

For more information, visit: www.lucidenergy.com

About Lucid Energy

Lucid Energy is a provider of renewable energy systems. Lucid Energy’s patented LucidPipe™ Power System enables industrial, municipal and agricultural facilities to produce clean, reliable, low-cost electricity from their gravity-fed and water pipelines and effluent streams.

Lucid Energy was formed in 2007 with the mission of creating a new way for industries – particularly those that use large amounts of water and electricity – to turn the untapped energy of moving water into cost-saving, renewable energy. Lucid Energy’s technology team invented an in-pipe turbine generator that operates using fast-moving water inside of water pipelines without affecting operations.

In 2008, Lucid formed a strategic relationship with Northwest Pipe Company, the largest manufacturer of water transmission pipe in the United States.

The two companies collaborated on the development of the lift-based turbine design that is the foundation for the LucidPipe in-pipe hydropower system.

 

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Renewable energy system produces electricity from water in pipelines Edit Delete Tags Renewable energy system produces electricity from water in pipelines Riverside Public Utilities  to use In-pipe Hydropower System Renewable energy system from Lucid Energy produces electricity from water moving through pipelines. Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) was awarded a 2011 Outstanding Energy Management Award for its ongoing evaluation of an in-pipe hydropower system from Lucid Energy Inc., a renewable energy technology company and pioneer in the development of in-pipe hydropower systems for large water users. The award, which was presented by the California-Nevada Section of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) at its annual fall conference, recognizes top water utilities for innovative energy management. The first prototype of the LucidPipe™ Power System from Lucid Energy was installed inside a 42-inch water pipe in Riverside, California in February 2010 and the third generation system, which has been in continuous operation since March 2011, has already generated more than 23 megawatt hours of renewable electricity. A permanent installation of the system is scheduled for November 2011. Lucid Energy’s LucidPipe™ Power System, which was developed in conjunction with Northwest Pipe Company, is a patented, in-pipe turbine that captures energy from fast-moving water inside of gravity-fed water pipelines to produce clean, reliable, low-cost electricity with no impact on operation. The installation at RPU utilizes a portion of a gravity-fed water pipe that is fitted with Lucid Energy’s vertical axis spherical turbine, which spins as water passes it. Because of the turbine’s lift-based design, the LucidPipe can operate across a wide range of flow conditions, volumes and velocities with no interruption of water flow. The study at RPU confirmed that less than 1 PSI of pressure was extracted from the system as a result of the in-pipe turbine. “We’re proud to accept this award from the AWWA as a recognition of RPU’s commitment to cost-saving, renewable energy,” said Kevin Milligan, assistant general manager of water utility for the City of Riverside. “It’s very exciting to be on the cutting edge of water-to-wire technology, and the Lucid Energy system has enabled us to turn our existing municipal water infrastructure into a generator of clean, continuous electricity.” “We chose Riverside for our field testing because of RPU’s progressive outlook and the City of Riverside’s commitment to environmental sustainability, and this AWWA award reinforces that,” said Josh Kanagy, director of business development for Lucid Energy. “Based on our experience results at RPU, we are engaging other leading municipalities, and industrial water users who can benefit from clean, predictable, low-cost energy.” For more information, visit: www.lucidenergy.com About Lucid Energy Lucid Energy is a provider of renewable energy systems. Lucid Energy’s patented LucidPipe™ Power System enables industrial, municipal and agricultural facilities to produce clean, reliable, low-cost electricity from their gravity-fed and water pipelines and effluent streams. Lucid Energy was formed in 2007 with the mission of creating a new way for industries – particularly those that use large amounts of water and electricity – to turn the untapped energy of moving water into cost-saving, renewable energy. Lucid Energy’s technology team invented an in-pipe turbine generator that operates using fast-moving water inside of water pipelines without affecting operations. In 2008, Lucid formed a strategic relationship with Northwest Pipe Company, the largest manufacturer of water transmission pipe in the United States. The two companies collaborated on the development of the lift-based turbine design that is the foundation for the LucidPipe in-pipe hydropower system.   Renewable energy system produces electricity from water in pipelines http://pumpandgenerator.com/renewable-energy-system-produces-electricity-from-water-in-pipelines/ http://pumpandgenerator.com/facebook-uses-archimedes-generators-in-sweden-for... http://www.archimedeshydroscrew.com/archimedes-screw-pumps-turbines-and-generators-gets-royal-approval/ http://www.archimedeshydroscrew.com/archimedes-hydro-screw-industry-gets-a-much-needed-boost/ Read more at dabasiah.posterous.com

 

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High-level meet to woo investment in hydropower

MUKUL HUMAGAIN

Marking a resurgence of efforts after a three-year hiatus, a high-level international symposium in Kathmandu to woo foreign investment in hydropower and inform potential investors of Nepal’s policy and regulatory environment.

The Nepal Energy Investors Forum (NEIF), jointly organised by the government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), is the first high profile seminar on hydropower after the Power Summit was discontinued.

Three editions of the Power Summit have been organised in the country from 2006-08 in association with the Independent Power Producers Association Nepal (IPPAN) and Power Trading Corporation (PTC) India.

What makes the NEIF different from past initiatives is that it is being organised amid a sense of reluctance among potential foreign investors to put money in Nepal’s power sector due to a series of disturbances and lack of a stable regulatory framework.

The forum is being seen as a government effort to assure foreign investors that an investment environment strongly exists in the hydropower sector.

According to Energy Secretary Balananda Poudel, the NEIF will be a multi-stake forum where the government will present its initiatives on hydropower development and the opportunities available.

“The government wants to reiterate that there is still an investment environment in Nepals hydro power developments ,” said Poudel.

The forum will highlight recent policy initiatives introduced by the government to create a competitive, attractive and business-friendly environment for private sector investment in hydropower. It will also showcase a shelf of hydropower projects available in Nepal for private sector  investment. According to Poudel, there will be also sharing of experiences of international best practices during the forum.

Unlike past events, this two-day meet has drawn the interest of investors and bankers from Europe. Among them are Guarant Co, an insurance company from the UK, and two development finance institutions, FMO from the Netherlands and DEG from Germany. In addition, there will be participants from India, China, South Korea, Thailand and Canada.

Two Chinese companies—Sino Hydro Corp Ltd and Dongfang Electric Corporation—will also be attending the NEIF. Sino Hydro has a presence in Nepal as a contractor for the Kulekhani 3, Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower and Sikta irrigation projects. Dongfang has been supplying equipment to medium and small hydropower projects. “The presence of these two at the forum shows they are now keen on hydropower development,” said one senior official at the Energy Ministry. The participation of two Korean companies—Korean Water Resources Corporation and Daelim Industrial Company Limited—reflects a resurgence in Korean interest in Nepal’s hydro sector.

Independent Power Producers (IPPs) have welcomed the government’s initiative to invite and assure investors. “The initiative on the part of the government is quite welcome,” said Sandip Shah, country manager for SN Power.

However, the government will not find it easy to convince potential investors amid disturbances in some hydel projects and delayed power development agreements (PDA). “The government will have to answer investors’ grievances regarding the GMR issue and delays in PDA and construction of cross-border transmission lines,” said Shah. “It’s been almost 19 months that the PDA has been lingering.”

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Hydropower projects in Tajikistan aimed at micro hydroelectricity to strengthening stability in Central Asia

Projects to develop the hydropower potential of Tajikistan using micro hydroelectricity generation are aimed at balancing the water and energy problems and mobilizing the available resources for the stability and development of Central Asia,

said the Tajik ambassador to Austria Nuriddin Shamsov at the summit on financing and investment in the energy sector “European Union – Central Asia” in Vienna on November 18.

“Implementation of the construction of micro hydropower facilities in Tajikistan is firstly aims to balance water and energy issues and to mobilize available resources to achieve stability and prosperity in Central Asia,” said Shamsov.

Speech by the Ambassador was posted on the official website of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan on Monday. The rational use of hydropower resources of Central Asia, effective cooperation in the sphere of their control and secure investment in this area are non-alternative measures for the sustainable development in the region given population growth and climate change. “It is also intended to contribute to solve the problems of poverty, education, health, job creation and other vital social and economic issues in the region,” said the Ambassador.

The implementation of mini hydropower projects in Tajikistan aims to significantly improve irrigation in Central Asia in area of over 3 million hectares in the lower reaches of the Amu Darya in dry and drought years, “thus providing energy and food security in the region in the long term.”

“Tajikistan, relying on principles of mutually beneficial cooperation, agreed to use recognized international norms and standards to implement its own mini hydro power projects,” said the diplomat.

He again urged the partners of the European Union to take part in an international consortium for the construction of these facilities. “Today, most of the electricity generation in Central Asia, as in many other regions in the world, accounts for thermal power stations (70%), which annually emit millions of tons of greenhouse gases. We believe that there is a need for urgent action to promote and develop renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies to reduce dependence on other traditional forms of energy, causing tremendous damage to the environment,” said Shamsov. He also noted the need for “urgent measures for the conservation of glaciers and monitoring of impacts of climate change.”

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POWER LINES RUN THROUGH A RURAL VILLAGE AFGHANISTAN. (PHOTO: NATO)

 

Speaking from Kabul, Moqamuddin Siraj uses a word that is at a premium in Afghanistan: “Momentum.” Siraj, a programme officer with the United Nations Development Programme

(UNDP), says Afghanistan is making progress on micro-hydro-power projects that are bringing much-needed electricity to rural parts of the country.

 

Powered by available water sources, the hydro energy projects – begun last year – have changed the lives of hundreds of people who previously relied on kerosene oil and other flammable sources to light their homes and businesses.

 

“It wasn’t healthy,” Siraj says of the older ways. “The smoke [from kerosene sources] would billow out into the rooms, affecting children and others. Now, they’re using clean electricity.”

Highlights

• 80 percent of Afghanistan’s total population lives in rural areas, where about 85 percent of residents lack electricity.
• UNDP and Afghanistan’s Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development implemented six micro-hydro-power projects in rural areas.
• The largest hydro-power project can provide electricity to more than 400 families.

 

Besides the micro-hydro-power projects already operating, six full projects are near completion, Siraj says, and 150 more have been requested by rural communities.

 

Each 14 kilowatt mini hydro project benefits more than 100 families, and the largest-size project (120 kilowatts) gives more than 400 families the ability to tap into electrical outlets.

The projects’ success – and demand – is why Siraj volunteered the words “momentum” and “major benefits.”

 

UNDP works with Afghanistan’s Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development to implement the micro-hydro-power projects. The new hydro energy sources have produced an uptick in the economies of the affected areas, since small businesses – such as tailoring shops run out of homes – can now work more efficiently and, if they choose, keep longer hours.

 

“Their lives have changed,” Siraj says.

 

Still, Siraj offers a big caveat: About 85 percent of rural Afghanistan is in need of electricity, and the country’s urban centres experience gaps where electricity is unavailable for hours.

 

Energy in Afghanistan is just one policy area where UNDP is able to assist the national Government in improving aspects of Afghan society, including the country’s electoral process.

 

In the run-up to the September Parliamentary elections, UNDP worked with Afghanistan’s Independent Directorate of Local Governance to hold orientations with the country’s Provincial Councils – an affiliation that is segueing into a five-year program to train Afghan staff around the country. UNDP also has an important working relationship with the Afghanistan Independent Election Commission, which it supports.

 

Other programmes in Afghanistan that receive UNDP support include the country’s Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) project, which collects weaponry. UNDP has also organized workshops for government ministries on budgeting that considers gender inequalities.

 

Each program is a chance to make an impact – whether small or big. Though size is relative, Siraj doesn’t hesitate to describe the micro-hydro-power projects this way: “They are a big change for Afghanistan.”

 

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Negros seen as Philippines’ renewable energy center

BACOLOD City, Philippines—Negros could become a major source of renewable energy in the Philippines if its sugar mills would be retrofitted to produce electricity from biomass, said Arthur Aguilar, president of Global Business Power Corp.

Aguilar, who spoke on the Visayas Electric Power Situation during the recent 20th Visayas Area Business Conference and Expo in Bacolod City, said that if the sugar mills would be tapped, Negros could export 200 megawatts of clean, renewable energy from biomass.

Negros Island could potentially produce about 310 megawatts of renewable energy using renewable biomass, mini hydro and wind power, he added.

Sugar mills have been engaged in biomass co-generation for about a hundred years now, Aguilar said.

If existing sugar mills retrofit high pressure boilers, these mills could double the amount of electricity they produce from the same volume of bagasse, he said.

“Ten years ago when I was running Victorias Milling Co., I was telling the sugar planters that in 15 years they will be growing sugarcane, not just for sugar, but for the energy it produces. It’s already 10 years and five years to go and it’s now very obvious with the high pressure boilers that the technology is there,” Aguilar said.

Aguilar admitted that the GBPC was talking about going into biomass production but there’s no definite decision yet. “I am not saying we will (go into biomass production).”

Aguilar also cited other possible sources of power for Negros Occidental such as the province’s seven major river systems.

The seven major river systems could yield between 50 megawatts and 80 megawatts using cascading run-of-the-river mini-hydro technology, he pointed out.

Assuming a feed-in-tariff of P6 to P7 per kilowatt hour, electricity from biomass and mini-hydro could compete with coal-fired power plants, Aguilar said.

He added that some areas like San Carlos City could yield at least 20 megawatts to 30 megawatts of wind energy.

On the other hand, Aguilar said the northwestern part Negros Occidental, which has a high demand for power, could not rely on coal power.

He explained that there are a few ports between Manapla and Kabankalan City that are suitable for coal.

A deep water port is needed to bring in large vessels, otherwise coal freight would be very expensive to the detriment of consumers, Aguilar said.

He warned that with a six percent to nine percent growth in power consumption in the Visayas, additional power plants would be needed from 2013 to 2015.

It is projected that by 2015, Negros will have a power deficit of 93 megawatts while Cebu and Bohol would have a power deficit of 248 megawatts and 44 megawatts, respectively.

Aguilar also said the congestion of submarine cables connecting Cebu, Negros and Panay was causing higher electricity costs to consumers.

In fact, he said, customers of Central Negros Electric Cooperative, which buys power from Leyte and Cebu, could be paying more for their power in October and September because of the additional transmission cost.

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Facebook data center in lulea, Sweden, which will operate with Archimedes screw generators for green hydroelectricity

Centre in Sweden will have fewer Archimedean screw generators than Facebook's U.S. data centers.

For most data centers, backup generators serve as the last line of defense against downtime during utility power outages. Some major data centers use more than 30 diesel generators to ensure a ready supply of on-site generation.

Facebook is taking a different approach at its new data center in Sweden, reducing the number of backup generators by 70 percent.

Facebook says the extraordinary reliability of the Archimedes screw turbines and the regional power grid serving the town of Lulea allows the company to use far fewer Archimedean screw turbines than in its U.S. facilities.

Using fewer hydrodynamic generators reduces the data center’s impact on the local environment in several ways.

It allows Facebook to store less diesel fuel on site, and reduces emissions from generator testing, which is usually conducted at least once a month.

Despite those benefits, Facebook’s approach would likely exceed the comfort level of many data center operators, who design their hydro screw power systems to be as redundant as possible and see generators as a critical level of protection.
No Outages Since the 1970s

Local officials in Lulea say there has not been a single disruption in the area’s high voltage lines since 1979.

The city lies along the Lulea River, which hosts several of Sweden’s largest screw hydro-electric power stations. The hydroscrew power plants along the river generate twice as much electric power as the Hoover Dam.

“There are so many hydro screw plants connected to the regional grid that generators are unneeded,” said Jay Park, Facebook’s Director of Datacenter Engineering. “One of the regional grids has multiple screw hydro power plants.”

Park says Facebook has configured its utility substations as a redundant “2N” system, with feeds from independent grids using different routes to the data center. One feed travels underground, while the other uses overhead utility poles.
Multiple Sources Support Regional Grid

While many data centers are supported by two power feeds, Facebook says the regional grid in Sweden is more resilient than the U.S. grid because it can tap power from so many sources -including the national grid, other connected regional grids, and multiple Archimedes hydropower plants. All of these sources would have to simultaneously fail before the Facebook data center would lose utility power.

Park says Facebook could probably operate entirely without generators in Lulea, but has taken the more cautious approach of installing a reduced number of generators. He emphasized that the reduction in generators is not a network-wide design change for Facebook, but limited to the Lulea facility.

“It’s very unique,” said Park. “We couldn’t do this in the U.S. because the areas we’re in don’t have multiple hydroscrew generation sources nearby.”
Yahoo: Data Centers With No Generators?

Facebook isn’t the first major Internet company to look at using fewer generators – or even none at all. Last year Yahoo said it was exploring scenarios in which it would build data centers without generators or UPS, and use its network to route around any power outages that occur at those facilities.

That’s a strategy that only the largest data center providers can contemplate, as it requires multiple data centers in major network capacity. Google has pursued a similar strategy during maintenance on some of its data centers, shifting capacity to other facilities (see How Google Routes Around Outages for details).

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