Most
of
this
potential
is
located
at
United
States
Army
Corps
of
Engineers
(USACE)
locks
and
dams
facilities
on
the
Ohio,
Mississippi,
Alabama,
and
Arkansas
Rivers.
Investigators
at
Oak
Ridge
National
Laboratory
in
Tennessee
identified
more
than
80,000
non-powered
dams
(NPDs)
nationwide,
analyzing
54,391
for
which
there
was
accurate
geographic
and
flow
information.
They
estimate
that
the
top
100
NPDs
could
generate
up
to
8GW
of
reliable
hydropower,
with
81
of
those
Army
Corps
projects.
Many
of
these
dams
could
likely
be
converted
to
power-generating
facilities
without
impacting
critical
habitats,
parks
or
wilderness…
