According to Hydro Green Energy, LLC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued preliminary permits for the first-ever water energy projects in the State of Mississippi, USA. The four projects, which will be owned and operated by Houston, Texas-based Hydro Green, will combine traditional water energy technology with new hydrokinetic energy technologies at existing US Army Corps of Engineers’ dams at Arkabutla, Enid, Grenada and Sardis lakes to generate approx 100MW of power. The permits provide Hydro Green the exclusive right for three years to develop the projects at the Corps’ dams. Once the permitting and licensing process is complete, the Arkabutla, Enid, Grenada and Sardis dams will be outfitted with energy-generating equipment that has been used in Canada at dams that were first built for water supply, flood control or other purposes. In addition, hydrokinetic energy equipment will be installed in the streams below the dams to capture energy from the moving water that has exited the dam.
