Joe O’Brien Applegate, Student, Bard Center for Environmental Policy In most cases, the federal government regulates micro hydropower through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. However, if certain circumstances are met, FERC will not have jurisdiction over the project. One important circumstance is that the micro hydropower system does not connect to the grid in any […]
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Kaita Albanese, Student, Bard MBA in Sustainability Imagine a blue-sky sunny day in July, and your rooftop solar PV system has just generated its record power. Even with your air-conditioning blasting, you are unlikely to use all of this power on a given day. Unless you have a means of storing it, whatever power you […]
A Power Purchase Agreement, PPA, is a contract that links a sole entity, or party, who is generating electricity to the sole entity, or party, that is purchasing it.
Ben Houston, GroundPoint Engineering One resource that can be very helpful is data from local municipal and government sources. This data can come in many different forms and be accessed from a variety of sources. At the local scale, many communities have a robust Natural Resources Inventory, which provides information about local natural resources, and […]
Ben Houston, GroundPoint Engineering Understanding Ecosystem Impacts We need to understand what, if any, specific environmental risks exist, how big or small that risk is, and if that risk can be eliminated or reduced in some way as part of the project. Many of the impacts on the plants and animals that are near a […]
New York State offers several incentives for developing renewable energy, including micro hydropower. Learn more about incentives and grid interconnection.
Matt Deady, Professor of Physics, Director of the Physics Program, Bard College Resources on Dams from the New York State Government New York State Department of Environmental Conservation The NYS-DEC is the relevant state agency for all matters related to dams. DEC has many offices within the department, and navigating through their levels of organization for […]
The Saw Kill project at Bard reached out to local and state regulatory agencies to understand what regulations would apply to the project.