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Eagle
A 25 kW Low Flow unit was installed on the Yukon River at Eagle Alaska in June of 2010. The primary purpose of this project was to demonstrate a Diesel / Hybrid configuration for the community of Eagle. The hydrokinetic power from the New Energy turbine served to augment the existing diesel power plant, reduce diesel consumption and provide backup baseload power when the diesel power plant failed. This site experienced flow velocities close to the design point of 2.4 m/s with correspondingly high power output levels and led to new engineering to mitigate the potential of gearbox overheating. A 100-year flood event upstream of the site resulted in an unusually large amount of debris in the water. This was both a problem and an opportunity and led to new designs for debris protection in fast uncontrolled rivers such as the Yukon River.
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Project Status
Is the project actively being planned or is deployed in the water (active)? Or was the project canceled or completed (inactive)?
Inactive
Project Life Cycle
Project Progress through life cycle:
- Planned: Project has identified a deployment location and is preparing for deployment
- Operational: Project is deployed in the water and is active
- Completed: Project was previously deployed in the water
- Decommissioned: Installation has been fully removed in accordance with regulations
- Canceled: Project was canceled before being deployed in the water
Completed
Max Rated Power Capacity
The maximum amount of electricity that can be produced by project, based on available resources and device nameplate capacity.
0.025 MW
Operational Duration
June 2010 - 2010
Project Duration
2010 - 2010
Energy Resource
- Tidal
- Riverine
Project Scale
Full-scale
Number of Devices
1
Grid Connectivity
Not Grid Connected
Waterbody
Yukon River, Alaska
Site Characteristics
Geographic characterization for the project location:
- Open Ocean: Main body of ocean, not enclosed or partially enclosed by land
- Coastal: Open water near the coast, spanning between land and shelf boundary
- Enclosed Bay: water that is partially surrounded by land, with a mouth open to larger water
- Constricted Channel: A channel where water flows quickly due to narrowing by the land
- River: Water flowing from land towards a larger body of water
River
Country
United States
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Last modified: 8 April 2025