It was late 2007, and the White Rock Powerhouse was overdue for an overhaul. Two of the largest hydroelectric generating units operated by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)…
In April 2005, operators at Alabama Electric Cooperative’s 3-MW Gantt hydroelectric plant on the Conecuh River in Alabama, U.S.A., decided to replace the four runner blade trunnion bushings…
When one of your hydro turbines had been installed back in the 1930s, and it was time to refit, you want technologies that offer the maximum amount of options, since there really is no way of telling what you are going to find… like Thordon’s…
As any beaver will tell you, stemming the unrelenting force of river water is a complex engineering feat. So it’s not surprising that the first dam to span the massive Columbia River in Washington State, U.S.A…