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Glen Canyon Dam myths, from an Engineering perspective...
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rlhartman
My favorite part is that the Sierra Club wants to get rid of the dam, but they also oppose things that could replace it!
http://eetweb.com/news/myths-glen-canyon-hydroelectric-0212/index.html
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I dare you to post that over in the other forum....
Pinecricker
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Not that I think it would be removed, but why is there a "replacement" issue? GC doesn't make much hydropower.
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ezwater
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"The hydro plants related to Lake Powell generate about 22,000 GW-hr of electricity annually"...
rlhartman
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Capacity on Glenn Canyon dam is 1,296 megawatts, but......
Pinecricker
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Dept of Interior said 3,454,846,789 kWh net for 2007
lrcable
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It said "the hydro plants related to Lake Powell". I wonder if there are other generating stations besides GC dam...
rlhartman
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They may be considering downstream generation as part of the total
lrcable
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There are no other generating plants on lake Powell...
Pinecricker
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I wonder how many hydroelectric dams in the world make even as much power as a modern coal plant.
ezwater
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Most dams have very low generating capacity...
Pinecricker
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But at least hydro is clean. Would you rather have a dam or a coal plant in your neighborhood?
rlhartman
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In the majority of cases with dams, you get a lake where your river used to be...
Pinecricker
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Hoover Dam is listed at 2078 megawatts.
lrcable
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That's whenever, or only when they have enough water to run at max?
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ezwater
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Precisely, and its not always even a realistic number...
Pinecricker
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All plate numbers for power plants are maximum capacity
lrcable
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Why don't you ask Albert?
Gordo
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