This report is part of the Small Hydro Technology Transfer Project under contract to DOE and EPRI. Volume 1 summarizes an investigation of 240 feasibility studies of small hydropower projects beginning in 1977. Volume 2 summarizes the study of 41 license and exemption applications to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for small hydropower projects conducted under the National Small Hydropower Program. Volume 3 summarizes technical, economic, construction and operations data from 23 small hydroelectric projects.

This report summarizes two subprograms under the US Department of Energy's Small-Scale Hydroelectric Power Program. These subprograms were part of the financial assistance activities and included the Program Research and Development Announcement (PRDA) feasibility assessments and the technology development projects. The other major subprograms included engineering research and development, legal and institutional aspects, and technology transfer. These other subprograms are covered in their respective summary reports. The problems of energy availability and increasing costs of energy led to a national effort to develop economical and environmental attractive alternative energy resources. One such alternative involved the utilization of existing dams with hydraulic heads of

This report is part of the Small Hydro Technology Transfer Project under contract to DOE and EPRI. Volume 1 summarizes an investigation of 240 feasibility studies of small hydropower projects beginning in 1977. Volume 2 summarizes the study of 41 license and exemption applications to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for small hydropower projects conducted under the National Small Hydropower Program. Volume 3 summarizes technical, economic, construction and operations data from 23 small hydroelectric projects.