Hydropower energy assessment at non-powered dams in Turkey by using genetic programming

Alper AYDEMİR | Murat ÇOBANER

Hydropower is clean, sustainable, predictable, reliable and most technologically developed renewable energy resource. Dams that don’t produce hydropower energy are called non-powered dams (NPDs). Decrease in fossil based energy resources and increasing electricity prices makes NPDs attractive for electricity generation. This study describes hydropower energy potential and economic feasibility of adding hydropower turbine to NPDs in Turkey. Longitudinal cross sections of bottom outlets are used in first phase of this research to calculate total head losses including all frictional and local los ...Daha fazlası