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The Tsengué Lélédi Falls along the Ivindo River in Gabon. One of the potential hydropower project sites that we visited. Its within a Ramsar Site (wetland site designated to be of international importance) and adjacent to Ivindo National Park. Its an amazing spot that hopefully will not get developed.
Long time no hear - apologies Flickr Friends but travel, work, COVID, travel, rinse and repeat have kept me busy but back now and look forward to seeing all your great stuff! Here another shot from Gabon - this site on the mainstem of the Ooogue River where they are considering a dam...more later.
Abandoned water cottage in the mirror-like mudflat.
It was probably a visitor facility.
Cape Ca Mau was supposedly formed with the sediment provided by the Mekong, then carried by the sea current. Therefore, the cape is surrounded by mudflats that are expected to be additional lands for Vietnam in the future.
The outlook is now darkened by the sea level rise combined with the hydropower plant constructions in the upstream of the Mekong, namely, in China and Laos, which may significantly reduce the sedimentation in the Mekong Delta.
Three different green textures of rice paddy, Himekawa Dam No.2 and the cliff of the Himekawa river. This photo was taken in the northern part of Hakuba village. Aoni settlement, which is famous for the view of rice terrace and Kita Alps, is on the cliff in the photo a few km from there.
It is reported that the dam was much deeper and larger when it was completed in 1935. It was quickly filled with sediments from Hakuba mountains and is now too shallow to function as a dam.
There are several such dams and hydropower plants along the Princess river to produce some electricity.
On the other hand in Itoigawa 50 km downstream on the Japan Sea coast, beaches got eroded and its coastline is now protected with tetrapods to save residential areas.
The princess was born beautiful but she has undergone too many plastic surgeries to spoil her beauty.
View of the outskirts of Tolmin Slovenia - pictured here a portion of the river Tolminka (I think) that is dammed for hydro-power. Several of the environmental groups working in the area are trying to ensure that as energy demand grows renewable energy avoids dams on some of the remaining free flowing rivers like the Soca.
The height and width of the dam for Kurobe-gawa Hydropower Plant No.4 or Kuroyon Dam (黒四ダム) are 186m by 492m. It is the highest dam structure in Japan. Capacity of the Kurobe-ko (黒部湖) reservoir or Lake Kurobe is 199,285,175 m3, and the installed capacity of the power plant is 335 MW
It is located in Chuubu Sangaku National Park (中部山岳国立公園). The scenic Kurobe-gawa (黒部川) gorge is notorious for steep terrains and heavy snowfall in winter. The dam was constructed in a rare wilderness area in Japan.
The completion of the project after so many technical challenges was applauded nationwide to such a degree that a movie was produced starring Toshiro Mifune, which made a big hit.
In 1950s and 60s when Kuroyon Dam was being constructed, there was a mood of optimism about technology and economic prospects for the future.
Such a large scale construction project will not be approved in the national park in the 21st century.
The huge concrete structure in the wilderness now may look like an epitaph for an innocent time of Japan.
This is a view from the lookout attached to the structure of the dam. Several GR III photos were stitched with Lightroom.
Visitors from Oogizawa who arrive by electric bus walk on the dam to the opposite side to take a funicular and a ropeway to climb the slope of Tateyama that is seen in the upper right. Altitude of Oonanji-yama (大汝山), the highest peak of Tateyama, is 3,015m. There is a Shintou shrine at the summit of Oyama (雄山 3,003m)
Classic early American (1790-1880) gristmill or wood mill. Western Connecticut. Bridgewater, CT. From the looks of the old layed concrete foundation below the water aqueduct, it probably was operational till the early 30's
Boen Power Plant (Boenfossen) is a hydropower plant in Tveit in Kristiansand in Agder.
The power plant is located at Boen Mill, near Kjevik. It is a river power plant that exploits a fall of 13 meters in the Tovdal River.
Installed power is 1 MW. Annual production is 6 GWh.
In 2014, NVE granted a license to a new power plant that will utilize more of the water. Estimated annual production will be 23.5 GWh.
The power plant was destroyed by the big flood in 2017. In 2018 it was taken over by Bekk and Strøm. It will be rebuilt and put into operation by 2020.
Kleines Kraftwerk an der Rott bei Bayerbach (Niederbayern)
Small power station on the river Rott near Bayerbach (Lower Bavaria)
A trip to Rockaway, NJ had me excited to visit the Paterson NJ Great Falls Historic Landmark waterfall before sunset.
Never enough time with a busy work schedule, but I was glad to be able to get here to at least capture this fall before nightfall.
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After our visit to Hengifoss we drove up the mountain to Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant, I was standing on the dam when I took these pictures.
Naturally the building of the power plant raised a lot of criticism.
The area is still very beautiful.
The Barron River is located on the Atherton Tablelands inland from Cairns in northern Queensland, Australia. With its headwaters below Mount Hypipamee, the 165-kilometre long river with a catchment area of approximately 2,138 square kilometres forms through run off from the Mount Hypipamee National Park, flows through Lake Tinaroo, and eventually empties into the Coral Sea near Smithfield.
The conceptualisation for construction of a hydroelectric power station on the Barron River was first suggested in 1906. It was nearly 30 years before completion was realised. The 3.8 MW plant was the first underground power station in Australia and supplied the Cairns area with electricity for 28 years. The site presented many challenges including precipitous cliffs, torrential rain, and raging floods. The Barron Gorge Hydroelectric Power Station (or Barron Gorge Hydro) in Queensland, Australia is an electricity power station commissioned in 1963 with a maximum capacity of 66 megawatts. It is located in the locality of Barron Gorge in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area 20 kilometres north-west of Cairns. It replaced an earlier station which was the first underground power station in the country and the first hydroelectric station in Queensland. The power station was refurbished in 2006. 23541
Water is discharged from hydropower dams during torrential rains continuing in many days. Many houses at downstream are deeply submerged. Crop plants may be ruined.
Originally constructed in 1906 to power Seattle streetcars. Powered by coal it was displaced by hydropower. It has not produced electricity since 1953. The plant is now a museum.
Kahlenberg hydropower plant at the old lock of the Mülheim water station
Erbaut 1925. Durch die Erzeugung von umweltfreundlichem Strom wird im Vergleich zur konventioneller Produktion eine Menge von etwa 18.000 Tonnen CO2 vermieden.
Buillt 1925. By generating environmentally friendly electricity, around 18,000 tons of CO2 are avoided compared to conventional production.
(founded 1915) Plant for producing manganese alloy. Together with the hydropower deliverer Saudefaldene it was owned by Union Carbide. Now owned by the French corporation Eramet (Wikipedia).
A photo of the hydropower facility on the Kanawha River and the waterfalls which have only about a 15 feet drop. Located near Gauley Bridge, West Virginia.
Developed with Darktable 3.6.0. Two photos were combined together with the Hugin Panoramic Editor (both are freeware).