Full Title: Hydropower Supply Chain Gap Analysis
Author(s): Vicky Putsche, Tessa Greco, Elise DeGeorge, and Michael Ingram
Publisher(s): U.S. Department of Energy - Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
Publication Date: August 1, 2024
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Description (excerpt):
In response to Executive Order 14017 on America’s Supply Chains, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) conducted supply chain “deep dives” for renewable energy technologies, including hydropower and large power transformers, a critical part of a hydropower installation. Since the deep dives were published, the Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) has focused on improving our understanding of the hydropower supply chain and developing strategies for addressing supply chain challenges. Because the challenges outlined in the deep dives are most acute for large (greater than 100 megawatts [MW]) hydropower systems, this report focuses on large systems, but it is expected that the recommendations will improve the supply chain for all hydropower systems. Finally, since the federal government owns almost 50% of the nameplate capacity for conventional hydropower systems with 40% (18 gigawatts) of these units being at least 100 MW, the federal fleet is used to prime the development of the supply chain for the rest of industry.