Build a full risk profile
Unique 3-year historic & current view
Diagnoses anomalous changes
Combines your own data
Monitors all dams
Acquiring a new dam to boost hydro capacity is nothing new. Neither is the incomplete, disparate and sometimes inconsistent nature of inspection records and survey data that come with it. When acquiring new assets, it’s vital to quickly assess the risk and extent of potential failure to plan and prioritize maintenance, meet regulatory obligations, and keep communities safe.
Use Dam Monitoring to access next level insights, diagnose the scale and severity of anomalous movement, and determine urban changes in your flood zone that can affect your hazard rating. Build a complete picture of potential failure risk to drive your resource and investment prioritization.
Dam Monitoring aggregates, streamlines and analyzes all your dam data. It provides a detailed 3-year historical view of structural movement. And it delivers the most frequent, accurate insights on unusual changes in ground motion, seepage, vegetation, landslides and downstream hazards. Dam Monitoring is trusted by some of the world’s leading hydro power companies to assess the condition of their assets pre- and post-acquisition.
Take a look at what our customers are saying
Hydro, wind & solar, Global
“We operate a global hydro dam asset base, however many of our on-site staff are electrical or mechanical engineers, not dam specialists. We use Dam Monitoring to centralize our dam intelligence, provide visibility to all in the decision-making team, ensure the right decisions and investments are being made and that resources are being optimized.”
North America, USA
“We operate 3 hydroelectric facilities and 2 reservoirs. A severe flooding event caused structural issues to one of the dams but annual survey and in situ monitor results did not add up. We use Dam Monitoring to Identify structural issues, assess scale and severity, and prioritize work.”
North America, USA
“Having acquired four new hydro dams, with little condition and maintenance data, we were concerned that the dams may not meet FERC requirements. We use Dam Monitoring to identify and prioritise potential failure issues, deploy resources effectively, and keep our communities safe.”
North America, USA
“A publicly-owned asset, our ‘run of river’ hydroelectric dam is subject to seasonal river flows. We use Dam Monitoring to support our regulatory reporting, build investment confidence and secure funding with our City owner.”
Unique 3-year historic & current view
Diagnoses anomalous changes
Combines your own data
Monitors all dams
Frequent, accurate insights
Correlates trend data
Alerts of unusual changes
Millimeter accuracy
Define exact risk areas
Direct investigation & maintenance teams
Focus on maximum impact
Justify investment plans
U.S. Hydropower Market Report (January, 2021) Highlights In 2019, hydropower capacity (80.25 GW) accounted for 6.7% of installed electricity generation capacity in the United States and its generation (274 TWh) represented 6.6% of all electricity generated and 38% of electricity from renewables produced in the United States. Hydropower in the United States is used extensively for power system flexibility and resilience. » In many parts of the country, hydropower provides more frequency regulation and reserves than its share of installed capacity. » In nearly every balancing area assessed, hydropower was more extensively utilized for hourly ramping flexibility than any other resource. » Hydropower represents less than 6.7% of U.S. electricity generation capacity but provides approximately 40% of black start resources. U.S. hydropower capacity continues to grow through upgrades to existing plants and other types of innovative new projects. » Hydropower capacity has increased by a net of 431 MW since 2017, with total net growth of 1,688 MW from 2010 to 2019, mostly through capacity increases at existing facilities, new hydropower in conduits and canals, and by powering non-powered dams (NPDs). » At the end of 2019, an additional 1,490 MW, from 217 projects, were in the U.S. development pipeline, 93% of proposed capacity from powering NPDs and expanding existing facilities.
FERC relicensing activity is set to more than double in the coming decade. » In the past decade, FERC issued 80 relicenses for 6.9 GW of hydropower capacity and 6.7 GW of PSH capacity (17% and 37% of FERC-licensed capacity, respectively). From 2020 to 2029, 281 facilities will be up for relicensing. That equates to 4.7 GW of hydropower capacity and 9.1 GW of PSH capacity (12% and 50% of FERC-licensed capacity, respectively).
Hydropower market report
Converting non-powered dams for hydro generation
Before you buy a dam
It is important that the prospective dam owner gather as much information as possible about an existing dam before making a decision on acquiring it. The storage of large amounts of water is a hazardous activity. It exposes the owner to tort liability. The owner’s best and only defense is that the owner has done all that could be expected in terms of operation, maintenance, routine inspection, and hazard mitigation including emergency action planning.
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