Hydro-Electric Power Generation | Report

Running head: HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION
Hydro-Electric Power Generation
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Stakeholder needs.......................................................................................................................2
Conceptual design process.........................................................................................................3
Feasibility study.....................................................................................................................4
Operating rules.......................................................................................................................5
Capacity and Power Generation.............................................................................................6
Plant location..........................................................................................................................6
Grid connection points...........................................................................................................7
Constraints..............................................................................................................................7
System requirements..................................................................................................................8
Conclusion................................................................................................................................10
References................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
Hydro-electric energy is a most common source of renewable energy. The electric
energy is generated by using the flow of circulating water. The water dropping from a high
point to low point creates a potential that is converted to the electrical energy through the
water turbine (Wood, Wollenberg & Sheblé, 2013). The energy generation from hydro
turbines are highly scalable according with the systems and helps in meeting the requirements
for villages and up to national level of energy needs. Renewable energy resources can expand
the country’s electricity access on a reliable and affordable cost. The designs of hydro-power
have seen with more often flexibilities in terms of goals. This report intends to discuss the
stakeholder needs for developing a Hydro-electric power project in Australia and its
requirements analysis. A case study of Entura which is consultancy in field of renewable
energy and water, has been observed. It has a best history of development in energy projects
in Australia (csiro.au, 2018). It has been working with the Australian government and
stakeholders mainly in the northern parts. The main demand of this project is for electricity
supplies and irrigation. The main objectives and aim of the report is to identify the
requirements to develop a hydro-project according to the stakeholder needs. In the later
sections, the conceptual designs for implementation and its outputs are also achieved.
Stakeholder needs
Stakeholder needs is the base of the hydro-electric power generation or any other
renewable power generation. Government can be said to be main supporting actor in the field
of energy. Stating Government as a helper defines the major stakeholders of the project are
the publics (Rosso et al., 2014). Public thinks that the renewable energy sources are free and
commonly available (mainly solar energy) in Australia. Hence it is clear that public
investments in these type of research and development are being used for tacking the

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greenhouse gas mitigation. It is found in the Emission Trading Report that public moneys
have become major investments in the larger projects. However, there are private investments
also that are the source. Public as a stakeholder, their need of electricity and irrigation is vital.
Also, habitual use of renewable energy will help in carbon emission. Conventional energy
production as coal and gas fuelled is more costly than using he natural forces to produce
power.
In this case, the stakeholders’ identification is the key initiative. The stakeholders can
be categorized as primary and secondary (Grilli et al., 2015).
 Primary stakeholders: Stakeholders who are having a significance influence on the
project and interest on the project can be said as primary stakeholders. Some of the
primary stakeholders are: Investors, Government Institutions, Local Government,
Directly affected local people or communities, employees and contractors.
 Secondary stakeholder: Any group or person related to the organisation who have
vital role for achieving the outcome of the project. They can be: Religious
Institutions, Media, General Public, Indirectly affected local people or communities,
private sector and civic organisations.
These stakeholder can be communicate through the variety of different possible
methods to identify their needs. That can be public meetings, regular mail, announcements in
local and national media, individual meetings and publication of necessary project
information on the website or newspapers.
Conceptual design process
The design process for setting up a hydro-electric power plant includes the
identification of the water and land related needs with alternative opportunities. The different
purposes of hydro plant can be irrigation, flood control, water supply and energy production.