Cost of Mitigating the Environmental Impacts of Hydropower Projects

Werble, Joseph; Tingen, William; Oladosu, Gbadebo; Witt, Adam; Mobley, Miles; O'Connor, Patrick

doi:10.21951/1734879

Title: Cost of Mitigating the Environmental Impacts of Hydropower Projects

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The "Cost of Mitigating the Environmental Impacts of Hydropower Projects Database" compiles data on environmental impacts mitigation costs for 182 hydropower projects based on documents obtained from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

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Werble, Joseph; Tingen, William;

; Witt, Adam; Mobley, Miles; O'Connor, Patrick

Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Publication Date:: Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 UTC 2020

Other Number(s):: 1

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Water Power Technologies Office

Subject:: 13 HYDRO ENERGY; Hydropower licensing, Environmental mitigation costs, Relicensed hydropower, Pumped storage hydropower, Non-powered dams, New stream-reach development

OSTI Identifier:: 1734879

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.21951/1734879

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                    Werble, Joseph, Tingen, William, Oladosu, Gbadebo, Witt, Adam, Mobley, Miles, and O'Connor, Patrick. Cost of Mitigating the Environmental Impacts of Hydropower Projects.  United States: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Werble, Joseph, Tingen, William, Oladosu, Gbadebo, Witt, Adam, Mobley, Miles, & O'Connor, Patrick. Cost of Mitigating the Environmental Impacts of Hydropower Projects.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.21951/1734879

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                    Werble, Joseph, Tingen, William, Oladosu, Gbadebo, Witt, Adam, Mobley, Miles, and O'Connor, Patrick. 2020.  
"Cost of Mitigating the Environmental Impacts of Hydropower Projects".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.21951/1734879.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1734879. Pub date:Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 UTC 2020

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  title        = {Cost of Mitigating the Environmental Impacts of Hydropower Projects},

  author       = {Werble, Joseph and Tingen, William and Oladosu, Gbadebo and Witt, Adam and Mobley, Miles and O'Connor, Patrick},

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