McGeorge Consulting

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Renewable Energy

• Small Hydro Power (SHP) development;
• Reconnaissance Study
• Pre-feasibility Study
• Feasibility Study
• Detailed Project Report (DPR)
• Project Document Design (PDD)
• Environmental Impact assessment (EIA)

Energy Audit and Efficiency
Today, energy remains a fundamental determinant of prices of products and services at all levels, and also dictates the social and economic direction of an organization. It stands on on per with other factors of production such as capital, land and labour. The dearth of energy in all forms calls for its conservation with proven and acceptable measures. Conservative measure simply means using less energy for the same level of activity. Energy Audit (EA) attempts to balance the total energy inputs with usages and identify all energy streams in the systems, quantifies all energy streams in the systems, quantifies energy usage according to its diverse function. This simply helps in cost optimization, pollution control, energy reliability and sustainability etc.

Stages in the Development of Small Hydro Power Projects

1. Hydropower Screening
2. Preliminary Feasibility Study
3. Detailed Feasibility Studies
4. Detailed Investigations and Design and Cost
5. Detailed Project Reporting
6. Implementation

Preliminary Feasibility Study

• How much water is available?
• When water is available
• Disposition of the water masses
• Duration of water flows
• Quality of the water
• Available water head
• Types and sizes of the turbines

Detailed Feasibility Studies

• Investigate site conditions
• Establish the basis of designs
• Establish costs for further studies of economic and financial feasibilities

Other details of feasibility are as follows;

4. Hydrological studies and analysis
5. Geological studies and investigations
6. Selection and description of presentable candidate sites
7. Preliminary cost estimates for equipment, construction and infrastructure
8. Hydroplant  operation strategies
9. Computations of expected energy levels
10. Analysis of the value of energy and markets
11. Benefit/cost analyses
12. Financial analysis
13. Environmental and social impact analysis
14. Strategy for project implementation.