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PASCO – Irrigation water could be used not only to water crops but also to produce electricity in a proposed hydropower demonstration project in an irrigation district based in Pasco.
The Department of Energy has announced an award of $1.6 million to Emrgy of Atlanta, Ga., to develop a turbine to generate hydropower at small dams where the water drop is less than 30 feet or in irrigation canals.
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The grant to Georgia Power will be used to test whether the 97-year-old facility can be retrofitted to make it more reliable, generating electricity to meet peak demand.