Standard Modular Hydropower: Innovator Engagement Process and roles in SMH collaborative research and development SMH Engagement Vision Since 2015, standard modular hydropower (SMH) stakeholder engagement has strategically targeted two- way dialogue with a diverse group of technology innovators. This effort has laid the groundwork for a new technology concept and implementaon beyond convenonal hydropower projects. Partnerships with the small hydropower industry have been crucial for developing stakeholder-validated design concepts that integrate lower-cost civil works, a new approach for classifying potenal sites based on their stream funcon, and a more standardized and environmentally compable design methodology. Outreach acvies have facilitated informaon sharing among the SMH team and key industry partners and iniated collaboraon across members with experse in various components of technology design, operaon, and management. SMH Partners Engagement efforts to date have been aimed at technology innovators specializing in water resources, hydraulics/hydrodynamics, electro-mechanical machine design, and project development. These SMH industry partners are pioneers in the small hydropower community with technologies and project development pracces that emphasize collaborave stakeholder engagement, enhanced performance, low cost, and minimal environmental disturbance. Collaboraon Pathways SMH collaboraon is taking place along mulple pathways to holiscally (1) develop modular designs that can be scaled to a site while maintaining exisng stream funcons, (2) standardize design features to achieve site independence, (3) obtain feasible cost reducons, and (4) enable greater stakeholder acceptance. Parcipaon with the SMH project will include various pathways that leverage experse from the small hydropower community and at ORNL. The collaboraon pathways include, but are not limited to, the following. • Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs): compevely awarded industry-led projects funded by federal grants • Nondisclosure Agreements (NDAs) to engage in detailed dialogue about technology challenges and opportunies • Cooperave Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs): agreements between ORNL and private companies or universies to work together on research and development • Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) and Interagency Agreements (IAAs) • Individual discussion meengs with stakeholders • Assessment of innovave technologies with advanced modeling and simulaon tools • Joint idenficaon of environmental design criteria ornl.gov Contact Adam Witt Standard Modular Hydropower Principal Investigator Oak Ridge National Laboratory 865.241.7367 [email protected]
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Standard Modular Hydropower: Innovator Engagement
Process and roles in SMH collaborative research and development
SMH Engagement Vision
Since 2015, standard modular hydropower (SMH)
stakeholder engagement has strategically targeted two-
way dialogue with a diverse group of technology
innovators. This effort has laid the groundwork for a new
technology concept and implementation beyond
conventional hydropower projects. Partnerships with the
small hydropower industry have been crucial for
developing stakeholder-validated design concepts that
integrate lower-cost civil works, a new approach for
classifying potential sites based on their stream function,
and a more standardized and environmentally
compatible design methodology.
Outreach activities have facilitated information sharing
among the SMH team and key industry partners and
initiated collaboration across members with expertise in
various components of technology design, operation,
and management.
SMH Partners
Engagement efforts to date have been aimed at
technology innovators specializing in water resources,