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Feasibility study for mini hydropower stations implementation on Ceze river

Country : France .
Client : Syndicat intercommunal d'électrification de la Région de Pont-Saint-Esprit
Start Date : 2006
Completion Date : 2006
Value of services : N/A
Funder : Région Languedoc-Roussillon - Conseil Général du Gard
Associate/Partner : CESAME
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Description :
 The objective of the specifications was to study, on the Cèze river, between the communes of Montclus and Saint-Gervais (30) the conditions of development of hydro-power stations equipped with turbines/wheel-stopping able to produce with a gravitational energetic efficiency of electricity starting from low falls (1 to 5 meters)
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Description of the Actual Services Provided The project contains two main phases :
1- a feasibility study of the Cèze valley (approximately 20 km) which is to operate through an multicriterion analysis relating to the various following fields: Hydrology, land and right water, regulation framework, environmental stakes, technical and economical feasibility, local network analysis, assessment and estimated request (if isolated sites)
IED/CESAME established on the basis of this matrix, a typology of the various sites by homogeneous groups by proposing a method of notation validated by the Steering committee. This work allowing to make emerge two sites-pilote.
2- a summary preliminary draft for two sites-pilot.
The Syndicat Intercommunal d’électrification de Pont-Saint-Esprit (30130 CARSAN) is the contracting authority of the study. It is assisted in its task by cabinet CEREG (30900 NIMES)
The designer of the turbine/wheel-stopping and operator H3E are partners in the development suggested.