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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Following last year's drought, hydroelectric power generation in the U.S. Northwest is expected to grow 17% in 2022 compared with 2021, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
The EIA's February 2022 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) forecasts that hydropower plants in the U.S. will generate 278 million megawatt-hours of electricity in 2022, half of which will come from the Northwest. The EIA expects hydroelectricity to account for 7% of total U.S. electricity generation in 2022.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Northwest River Forecast Center's (NWRFC) latest water supply forecast for the 2022 water year, which began in October 2021 and runs through September, notes below-average water supply in the southern portion of the Columbia River Basin and near-normal supply in the rest of the basin, according to the February STEO. The basin accounts for more than one-third of U.S. hydropower capacity, and covers most of the states of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington, as well as western Montana and small parts of Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. It also includes Canada's British Columbia.
However, the region's water supply has improved from extreme drought conditions that affected the western U.S. in 2021, including drought emergencies across Washington, Oregon and Idaho. More precipitation between October 2021 and January has led to near-average snowpack across the northern part of the basin, but the southern area is seeing below-normal levels. Melting snow leads to peak hydropower generation in May and June.
Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Plant Database includes more than 750 hydroelectric facilities in the U.S, including 55 in Washington, 40 in Oregon and 29 in Idaho. Subscribers to the GMI database can click here for a list of facilities in the three states.
Industrial Info also is tracking $10.3 billion worth of capital and maintenance hydroelectric projects in Washington, Oregon and Idaho that have a high and medium probability (70-99%) of moving forward as planned, most of which is in Washington. Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Project Database can click here for a list of detailed project reports.
Washington accounts for 22 projects worth more than $8 billion, which includes hydropower-facility developer Daybreak Power's (Arlington, Virginia) 2,650-megawatt (MW) Halverson Canyon Pump Storage facility in Creston, 35 miles upstream from the Grand Coulee Dam. In pump-storage facilities, water is pumped to a reservoir in times of low demand and released for power generation in times of higher demand, providing a form of energy storage. Subscribers can click here for the project report.
The Grant County Public Utility District is at work on turbine replacements, stator rewinds and governor upgrades on 10 units, which generate 955 MW in total, at its Priest Rapids Hydro Power Station in south-central Washington, along the Columbia River, which has been undergoing a series of upgrades and overhauls since 2016. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Project Database can read more details in Industrial Info's project reports for the replacement, rewind and upgrade projects.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is at work on a series of improvement projects at hydroelectric facilities across the region, including a gate refurbishment at the 100-MW Detroit Hydro Power Station in Mill City, Oregon, which is expected to be completed in March; similarly, IDACORP Incorporated (Boise, Idaho) is at work on a spillway refurbishment at its hydropower station in American Falls, Idaho. The completion was moved out from December to September 2022 due to supply-chain disruptions. Subscribers can learn more from Industrial Info's reports on the Oregon and Idaho projects.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, six offices in North America and 12 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities. Follow IIR on: Facebook - Twitter - LinkedIn.
The EIA's February 2022 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) forecasts that hydropower plants in the U.S. will generate 278 million megawatt-hours of electricity in 2022, half of which will come from the Northwest. The EIA expects hydroelectricity to account for 7% of total U.S. electricity generation in 2022.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Northwest River Forecast Center's (NWRFC) latest water supply forecast for the 2022 water year, which began in October 2021 and runs through September, notes below-average water supply in the southern portion of the Columbia River Basin and near-normal supply in the rest of the basin, according to the February STEO. The basin accounts for more than one-third of U.S. hydropower capacity, and covers most of the states of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington, as well as western Montana and small parts of Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. It also includes Canada's British Columbia.
However, the region's water supply has improved from extreme drought conditions that affected the western U.S. in 2021, including drought emergencies across Washington, Oregon and Idaho. More precipitation between October 2021 and January has led to near-average snowpack across the northern part of the basin, but the southern area is seeing below-normal levels. Melting snow leads to peak hydropower generation in May and June.
Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Plant Database includes more than 750 hydroelectric facilities in the U.S, including 55 in Washington, 40 in Oregon and 29 in Idaho. Subscribers to the GMI database can click here for a list of facilities in the three states.
Industrial Info also is tracking $10.3 billion worth of capital and maintenance hydroelectric projects in Washington, Oregon and Idaho that have a high and medium probability (70-99%) of moving forward as planned, most of which is in Washington. Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Project Database can click here for a list of detailed project reports.
Washington accounts for 22 projects worth more than $8 billion, which includes hydropower-facility developer Daybreak Power's (Arlington, Virginia) 2,650-megawatt (MW) Halverson Canyon Pump Storage facility in Creston, 35 miles upstream from the Grand Coulee Dam. In pump-storage facilities, water is pumped to a reservoir in times of low demand and released for power generation in times of higher demand, providing a form of energy storage. Subscribers can click here for the project report.
The Grant County Public Utility District is at work on turbine replacements, stator rewinds and governor upgrades on 10 units, which generate 955 MW in total, at its Priest Rapids Hydro Power Station in south-central Washington, along the Columbia River, which has been undergoing a series of upgrades and overhauls since 2016. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Project Database can read more details in Industrial Info's project reports for the replacement, rewind and upgrade projects.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is at work on a series of improvement projects at hydroelectric facilities across the region, including a gate refurbishment at the 100-MW Detroit Hydro Power Station in Mill City, Oregon, which is expected to be completed in March; similarly, IDACORP Incorporated (Boise, Idaho) is at work on a spillway refurbishment at its hydropower station in American Falls, Idaho. The completion was moved out from December to September 2022 due to supply-chain disruptions. Subscribers can learn more from Industrial Info's reports on the Oregon and Idaho projects.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, six offices in North America and 12 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities. Follow IIR on: Facebook - Twitter - LinkedIn.
