Power generated in Mini Hydro Power Plant

Project location: Sri Lanka

June 1, 2015

Keerthi Ratnayake

Managing Director
Environ Pvt. Ltd

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Project location: Sri Lanka

June 1, 2015

Hi,

We have a mini hydro power plant project. Can we accommodate the total power generated in the plant towards this credit?

Thanks!

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Marcus Sheffer

LEED Fellow
7group / Energy Opportunities

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June 1, 2015 - 9:10 am

Maybe.

Is it on-site or nearby the project?

Does it meet the hydropower definition?

Does it just feed this building or others too?

Keerthi Ratnayake

Managing Director
Environ Pvt. Ltd

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June 1, 2015 - 9:52 am

Hi Marcus,
a. Client needs to get the certification for the mini-hydro project itself
b. There would be two buildings; power house and the staff accommodation building
c. Electricity will be connected to the national grid
d. Power generation will be less than 3MW

Can this project be classified as Low-impact hydroelectric power systems?

Thanks,

Marcus Sheffer

LEED Fellow
7group / Energy Opportunities

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June 1, 2015 - 10:11 am

Look at the Low Impact Hydro standard to see if it meets the criteria for that classification.

http://lowimpacthydro.org/low-impact-criteria/

If you do both both buildings under one LEED certification and it qualifies as low impact hydro you should be able to count all the renewable energy it generates.

Keerthi Ratnayake

Managing Director
Environ Pvt. Ltd

LEEDuser Premium Member

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June 16, 2015 - 1:33 pm

Hi Marcus,
Got a reply from USGBC regarding above; recommending us to comply with Green-e standard despite the fact that projects in Sri Lanka cannot be certified using Green-e.
Would you be in a position to assist me with finding Green-e standard document?

Regards,
Keerthi