Studies
Hydro electricity. N/A N/A
Feasibility study of a hydro-power station
| Country : | France. . |
| Client : | French localities (Montbeliard) |
| Start Date : | March 2004 |
| Completion Date : | April 2004 |
| Value of services : | 13 500 € |
| Funder : | French localities (Montbeliard) |
| Associate/Partner : | GAY ENVIRONNEMENT – Grenoble (38) |
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| Description : |
The law 2000-108 of February 10, 2000 relating to the modernization and the development of the Public utility of electricity and the article L 2224-32 of the General Code of the Local Authorities authorizing the communes to arrange and exploit all new hydroelectric installation of a maximum capacity of 8000 kW (The electricity thus produced in front of however remaining out of the concurentiel field), the town of Montbeliard (department of Doubs), owner of the Neufs-moulins weir on the river Allan committed itself in a step aiming at determining whether the investments and the operating costs necessary to the installation of a hydro-power station on the weir make it possible to reduce the current expenditure of consumption of electricity of the municipal workshops located on the bank right of this river. |
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| Description of the Actual Services Provided | The feasibility study is fixed on four topics: 1. the technical valorisation study which aims to approach (i) the evaluation of the request (municipal workshops) and production on energy in low fall system, (ii) the evaluation of the possibilities of equipment and dimensioning of the main structures (civil engineering of the structures, mechanical and electrical equipments, operation, control and automatism), (iii) programming of work and evaluation of the costs. 2. the environmental analysis of the project, which relates to the fields, out that of energy, which can be touched by the construction, and the monitoring of new installations. The results are presented in the form of two tables: (i) Table 1: Functional diagnosis of the medium field (ii) Table 2: Synthesis of the impacts of the project. 3. the economical and financial study, of which the aim is to specify the profitability of the project, to establish the cost price of energy produced, and to value the economy in the consumption of electricity in the municipal workshops. 4. the administrative aspects of the project, which present, at the same time on the current situation of the weir and the steps on which the City, owner, will have to consider for the accomplishment and the monitoring of the project. Within sight of the conclusions of the feasibility study, an evaluation of the interest of the development of the project is led with the City and a preliminary directing program is defined. |