The designers, Hierve, say this concept uses the same technique as
a conventional hydroelectric generator, but on a much smaller scale.
Wood and municipal waste provide 1.3 %, and
conventional hydroelectric 6 % (but large hydroelectric power is generally excluded from RPS calculations).
At the time, the city of Hastings had already had
a conventional hydroelectric FERC license.
Not exact matches
While in 1962 the larger public might be characterized as indifferent or mildly impressed with the engineering feat of a pumped - storage
hydroelectric plant, by the late 1960s, the tide of opinion had begun to turn and a new
conventional wisdom began to emerge.
Plant type LCOE ($ / MWh)
Conventional Coal $ 95.10 Advanced Nuclear $ 95.20 Geothermal $ 47.80 Biomass $ 100.50 Wind $ 73.60 Solar PV $ 125.30
Hydroelectric $ 83.50
So does this mean the world should give up on
conventional oil and invest in
hydroelectric power instead?