EPRI calculates technically recoverable US riverine hydrokinetic potential at 3% of annual electricity demand
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
The assessment analyzed 71,398 river segments across the 48 contiguous states and additional river segments in Alaska. The results show that the Lower Mississippi region contributes almost half (47.9%) of the technically recoverable resource estimate; Alaska 17.1%, the Pacific Northwest region 9.2%, and, the Ohio region 5.7%.
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