Hydroelectric Technologies and Geographical Prospects in Louisiana

摘要

Currently Louisiana has only one hydroelectric power plant called Sidney A. Murray Jr. Hydroelectric Station. The hydropower plant is capable of producing 192 Megawatts [1] which only makes up. 8% [2] of the electricity generated in the state of Louisiana. This report addresses the feasibility of increasing the generation of electricity at the current hydroelectric station in Louisiana. It also compares the two types of hydroelectric power plants along with considering the possibility of increasing the electricity generation from low head technology currently used at the Sidney A. Murray Jr. power plant. The study shows that the existing hydroelectric plant in Louisiana is extremely efficient and it is not economically beneficial to increase its efficiency at this time.