NPD Hydro
- Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (United States)
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
This tool, the Non-Powered Dam Hydropower Development and Ranking Opportunity Tool (NPD HYDRO), allows users to prioritize or rank NPD sites for future development based on user-defined priorities. Benefits can be evaluated in several categories: the grid, community, industry, and environment (represented by the GCIE impact scores in the tool. In addition, the tool provides the user with a qualitative measure for the feasibility of adding energy storage during NPD conversion, specifically battery, hydrogen electrolysis, and pumped-storage hydropower (PSH). By taking a holistic approach to the potential range of benefits provided by NPD conversions with results tailored to the user’s priorities, NPD HYDRO provides the opportunity for national-level screening and enables users to focus on the sites that are most closely aligned with their interests.
- Software Type:
- Scientific
- License(s):
- GNU General Public License v3.0
- Programming Language(s):
- Python
- Research Organization:
- Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)Primary Award/Contract Number:AC07-05ID14517
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-05ID14517
- Code ID:
- 126020
- OSTI ID:
- code-126020
- Country of Origin:
- United States
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