Hydro plant power increase

Brookfield Power has announced that it has received an amendment to its Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) operating license at its Piney Hydroelectric Generating Station in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA. The amendment means that Brookfield Power will be able to generate an additional 6% of energy at the plant through its equipment modification project. The Piney plant currently features three hydro turbines. As part of the modifications, Brookfield Power will replace the turbine runner of Unit #2, resulting in an increase from 5,400cfs to 5,600cfs in the project’s maximum hydraulic capacity. The turbine output will increase from 8MW to 12MW. Modification of the equipment began in early June, and the incremental power increase will be available by the fall of 2006. Pending approval from the FERC, Brookfield Power’s portfolio improvement plan also proposes modifications/upgrades at several hydropower projects in New York State that will add more than 19MW of incremental power over the next year-and-a-half.
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