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The Water Crisis Solution
The James Bay Water BasinThe James Bay Water Basin is one of the only basin in North America with water to spare.
Without this new source of fresh water, there will be no more cheap water available.
Romain Audet
August 19, 2010
Great Lakes & Global Warming
Record low levels of the Great Lakes coincided with the dust bowl years of the 1930s and a severe drought in 1964. The primary driving force is evaporation or global warming.
Today the US drought is now so acute that, in some southern communities, there are heavy restrictions on water use.
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Great Lakes Glacial Phenomena
The Great Lakes are a glacial phenomena - not a water basin. Despite all the threats of drought, there will not be one drop available from the Great Lakes to areas of water scarcity.
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Bad NewsBad News
Good NewsGood News If you put one drop into the Great Lakes, you can take a drop
out, while helping to increase its own water level.
The Arid American West The American West could be more arid
than at any time since the advent of European settlement.
Analysis * of 19 computer models of the future: sometime before 2050, the Southwest will be gripped in a dry spell akin to the Great Dust Bowl drought that lasted through most of the 1930s.
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There appears to have been a return to a more drought stricken climate.
* Findings of Richard Seager, a senior researcher at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/div/ocp/drought
We Don’t have to Wait 40 years. The Ogallala Aquifer in the High Plains states,11 million acres of farmland, will run dry in 10 years.
California has a 20-year supply of freshwater left. New Mexico has only 10 years.
Another problem is the country’s growing population, expected to reach 450 million by the middle of the century, or roughly 50 percent more people than now.
North America is not running out of water, but we are running out of time to tackle critical water stress problems.
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The Canadian Prairie Transfer Canal The Canadian prairies and the US Midwest are facing
an unprecedented water crisis today. A $780 million 1000km long siphon system is
sustainable & innovative.
Source: GRANDCO, Thomas Kierans.
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It will be difficult to say NONO to Water Export Revenue of $433 Million/year$433 Million/year at the auction
price of $0.13/ m3s for 135 m3
Northern Hydro Project
The Northern Waters project would capture 800 m3s - 2000 m3s of seasonal runoff before it flows North.
There was a time when the thought of transporting oil across the ocean seemed silly, too.
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Explained by Pierre Gingras in an Economic Note published by the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI)
Northern Hydro Project The Broadback, Waswanipi and Bell Rivers would capture the
seasonal runoff and gather it in basins before it flows into the northern lowlands.
The surplus waters would then be diverted via the natural riverbeds through a series of pumping stations along the Bell River.
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Explained by Pierre Gingras in an Economic Note published by the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI)
Southern Water Project
This surplus could be delivered to the Midwest and South via a detour through the Chicago Canal and Mississippi River.
Each of the 150 million people whose needs could be served by the project would pay the reasonable rate of $50 per year. In this case, the willingness to pay for these exports would be $7.5 billion.
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Ontario HUG*Siphon Project
HUG* is a New Good: the key to power of future hydro technology in Ontario. HUG has a dual purpose: clean electricity & clean siphoned water to the Great
Lakes.
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* Helical Unique Generation System
What is a New Good?
A New Good was never there before, which substantially deviates from any other good or service produced before.
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Fresh Water to the Great Lakes
Fresh water can be transferred without using much electricity, which is used to prime the siphons.
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Clean Fresh Waterfrom Deep of Lake Michigan
Fresh water can be siphoned from intake pipes that extend 2 – 3 km into Lake Michigan and are 15 meters below the surface. These intakes are far from sources of pollution. .
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A Canadian Solution to Water Crisis in South Western U.S.
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A Canadian Solution to Water Crisis in Midwest & Southern U.S.
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NARA can reverse the depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer.
Many Other Fresh Water Projects
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FRESH WATER PROJECTS Distance Volume
Central Valley Project Sacramento 85% irrigation 600 km 274 m3s
Central Arizona Project Colorado $4Billion 1968-1994to Phoenix and Tucson 90% irrigation 528 km 59 m3s
Central Utah: Project Colorado 242 km 10.6 m3sChicago Diversion to the Mississippi River 40 km 91 m3s
Tampa Bay Seawater Desalination Plant: $158 M 1.1 m3s
Las Vegas: $2 billion by 2014 40,000 acre foot(Buried water pipeline: 150 million gallons/ day)
400 km 1.56 m3s
The Alaska-California Subsea Pipeline Project 644 -3380 km $110 Billion
NARA projected at US$390M/yr. (FOB Great Lakes) Add $1.25M/ mile or $780,00/km for pipeline (2007) 570 km 1,074 m3s
Inter-basin Water Proposals are Not New
PROPOSED PROJECTPROPOSED PROJECT (No Cost Estimates Available)
Volume of Volume of Fresh Fresh
WaterWater(m3s)
Great Lakes-Pacific Waterways plan {Decker} Skeena R., Nechako R. & Fraser R., of B.C., Peace R., Athabasca R., & Saskatchewan R.
4,500
983
NAPAWA-MUSCHEC or Mexican-United States Hydroelectric Commission {Parsons} –
NAPAWA sources, plus lower Mississippi &
Sierra Madre, Oriental Rivers of South Mexico.
5,517
North American Waters, A Master Plan [NAWAMP] {Tweed} - Yukon & Mackenzie Rivers, plus drainage to Hudson Bay.
58,663
SOURCE: P.H. Pearce, F. Bertrand and J.W. MacLaren, "Currents of Change", FINAL REPORT OF THE INQUIRY ON FEDERAL WATER POLICY [Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1985] p.127
Magnum Plan {Magnusson} - Peace R., Athabasca R., & N. Saskatchewan Rivers
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There were High Priced Proposals
PROPOSED PROJECTPROPOSED PROJECTSS Volume of Water (m3s)
Estimated Price (2008)
North American Water And Power Alliance [NAWAPA] {Parsons} –
Pacific & Arctic drainage of Alaska, Yukon & B.C.* 9830 $166 Billion
Kuiper Plan {Kuiper} –
Peace R., Athabasca R., and N. Saskatchewan R. in Alberta; Nelson R. and Churchill R. in Manitoba. 5865 $83 Billion
Central North American Water Project [CeNAWP]
{Tinney} – Mackenzie, Peace, Athabasca,
N. Saskatchewan, Nelson & Churchill Rivers. 5865
$50 Billion to
$83 BillionWestern States Water Augmentation Concept {Smith} – Liard R. & Mackenzie River.
5865 $149 Billion
*This plan would involve 240 dams and reservoirs, 112 water diversions and 17 aqueducts and canals.
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Economically Feasible Water
Cost of the New Fresh Water Supply
Power Station and Water Supply System O&M $30 M/yrNet Cost: $5,445 M at 480 Monthly Payments at 6.59% due 2050 616 M/yrSupervision, Management and Labour 5 M/yr
Total annual amortized cost $$651 651 M/yrM/yr New Water Volume Recycled (1,074 m3/s x 60 x 60 x 12 x365) 16.9 Billion m3/year Annual Cost of each m3 ( $651M / 16.9 Billion) FOB Great Lake $ .$ .039039/m/m33
or $48/acre-foot FOB Great Lakesor $48/acre-foot FOB Great Lakes
2200km (1380 miles: $2.9M to $6.5M per mile) to Texas from Great Lakes through Lake of the Woods, Ont. to the Rio Grande River: $4 to $9-billion:
100 m3/s = 1.57 Billion m3/year@ $4 billion: $2.55/m3 Another Lower Estimate: $1.25M/mile: $1.10/m3
Comparables Annual Cost of each m3 : UK (2006) incl. VAT $2.13/m3 Annual Cost of each m3 : (U. S. $925/acre-foot ) $.75/m3
Water Export Revenue of 1074 m3s at the auction price of $0.13/ m3s: $3.45 $3.45 Billion/yrBillion/yr
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Similar Proposed Projects In Russia, a canal 200 m wide and 16 m deep southwards
for some 2500 km using the flows of Siberia's rivers to carry 856 m3s of water. This would like irrigating Mexico from the Great Lakes: $40 billion
In China, 300 km of tunnels from the Yangtze, to a new 1,240 km (764-mile) canal to Beijing. This would be like altering the course of the Mississippi River to service New York City with 444 m3s: $40 billion.
One estimate to build a pipeline over 2200km (1380 miles) to Texas from James Bay through Lake of the Woods, Ontario to the Rio Grande River in Texas: $4 to $9-billion. This is $2.9M to $6.5M per mile.
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Contrast our Modest Cost
The U.S. Federal Government is contributing most of the cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay: $29.3 billion$29.3 billion in capital costs.
The U.S. Government is currently engaged with the State of Florida in an initiative $10.5 billion $10.5 billion to restore the Everglades (another environmental problem).
U.S. Federal aid to highways annuallyannually: $$3131..22 billion billion (2005). This is not too dissimilar to water ways.
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A Ready USA MarketThere have been a frustrating number of
proposals to access the Great Lakes:• A proposal to the High Plains states & the Southwest (1984).
• Into the Mississippi River and ultimately to Mexico (1964–68).
• To the Missouri River in South Dakota: 400 mile canal (1983).
• South Dakota and Minnesota partnering to Wyoming.
• Lake Erie to the Ohio River (1986–91).
• To Southern Illinois (1987)
• In Northeast Kansas, to the Missouri River ($200 million)
All Proposals have been rejected in the past by the International Joint Commission, who administers the
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Annual Potential Revenue
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The Potential Revenue for 1074 m3s is $4,296 million/year.
1074 m3s
The HUG Turbine System can help one to:
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•Develop a leading role in this new technology, which allows you to go international.
•Allow you to expand in entirely new markets, because of the flexibility of HUG.
•Develop a ready USA market for Water Export.
•Find support in green energy and innovation government programs, in order to reduce any risk factors.
Avoid the High Cost of Droughts
Time Frame Drought/Heat WaveDrought/Heat Wave Costs (Actual) Estimated
1987-89 Northern Plains: Drought Relief: $4Billion
$40 Billion$40 Billion
Summer 1993 Southeast U.S. $1.0 (1.3) $1.0 (1.3) BillionBillion
Summer 1998
Southern: from Texas/Oklahoma eastward to the Carolinas.
$6.0-$9.0 $6.0-$9.0 (6.6-9.9) Billion(6.6-9.9) Billion
Summer 1999 Eastern: Very dry summer and high temperatures, mainly in eastern U.S.
$1.0 (1.1) $1.0 (1.1) BillionBillion
Spring-Summer 2000
South-central and Southeast states $4.0 (4.2) $4.0 (4.2) BillionBillionSpring through
early Fall 2002Large portions of 30 states: the western states, the Great Plains, & eastern U.S.
Over $10.0 Over $10.0 ($11-12) ($11-12) BillionBillionSpring-
Summer 2006
Widespread Drought: Centered over the Great Plains region with portions of the south and far west
Over $6.0 Over $6.0 BillionBillion
Throwing good money ($6-8 billion) after bad money (unnecessary losses)
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The Huron Canal Option
The canal excavation can be built for 800 m3s. If the velocity of the flow of the canal is 2 m/s and the depth of the canal is 3 m, the width of the canal will be 134 m over the entire length of 171 km.
Yet this option poses major problems to populated areas.
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Sustainable Ottawa River
The water level behind the Otto Holden Hydro Dam can be maintained at 179.5 m, while the water level in Lake Huron is 176.5 m.
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Sustainable Lake Huron
The total length the water transfer is 170 km. The HUG Siphon System is less evasive. The HUG Siphon System captures energy along the pathway.
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Ontario River HUG: First Leg
The Siphon system can be buried under any populated built up areas, rivers and lakes, unlike the Huron Canal
option.
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Water Runs Uphill: Second Leg
Using a siphon, the heights of land are excavated to a maximum height of 189 m, which is 10 m above the 179.5 m level of the Ottawa River.
Alternatively, the canal depth would have to be 176.5 m.
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Excavating River Beds
Excavating river bed can create a water level difference to allow for siphoning.
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The HUG Siphon Sucks Literally!
Water pumps are unable to raise water more than 10.1 m (33 feet high) from its source.
The tallest barometer is 12m high, because it measures air pressure with a column of water *.
The HUG Siphon System can then be raised from 179.5 m as high as 189 m.
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* A barometer has .76 m of mercury; a similar barometer level of water (as above) is 10.1 m (33 feet) high.
Estimates of the First Leg
The Development Cost includes a full HUG Turbines System, which produces 36.5 kW/turbine x 3125 HUG pairs = 228 MW. The designated Patent Promotion Fee is initially offered to promoters (under contract). Hydro Revenue: (Ontario FIT) (using $131/MWh x 1.600,000 MWh) = $210 Million/yr$210 Million/yr Return on Investment : $210 / $232.25 = 90%$210 / $232.25 = 90% in First Year only
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($Million)
Civil Works 9.0Access Roads 8.8Large Dimension Pipes (3m diameter): 56 m3s 18.0Helical Turbine Pair: 25,000 m / every 8m: 3,125 HUGS x 2 x $15,000 93.8Rock Excavation/lineal meter $25 cubic meter: $750/ meter x 2,000 m 1.5Control System .5Electric Power Converter/Generator 228 MW DFIG 11.6Transmission and Grid Connection .2Electrical Connections .5Electrical and Mechanical Overhead .25 Miscellaneous 5.6Subtotal $149.75Engineering and Design 15% 22.5Project Management 10% 15.0Patent Promotion Fee* (5%) 7.5Environmental studies & licensing 5% 7.5Contingency (20%) 30.0
Estimated development costs: $232.25
($1,019/ kW)
Estimates of the Second Leg
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The second leg has no HUG turbines in the interest of project readiness. HUGS can be added after the spring flood. Water Export Revenue of 56 m3s: auction price of $0.13/ m3s = $180 Million/yr $180 Million/yr / / HUGHUG System The total initial cost is $347.5 + $232.25 = say $580 million. Return on Investment : $180 +$210 / $580 = 67%/yr.$180 +$210 / $580 = 67%/yr.
($Million)
Civil Works 52.5Access Roads 50.0Large Dimension Pipes 105.0Rock Excavation/lineal meter $25/m3 $750/ meter x 12,000 m 9.0Miscellaneous 32.0Subtotal $248.5Project Management 10% 25.0Patent Fee 5% 12.5Environmental studies & licensing 5% 12.5Contingency (20%) 50.0Estimated development costs: $347.5
Water Export Revenue
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Source: World Commission on Water for the 21st Century, 1999. (www.worldcouncil.org).
Water Export Revenue of 56 m3s: auction price of $0.13/ m3s = $180 $180 Million/yr/Million/yr/HUGHUG Water Export Revenue of 2000 m3s = $6.4 Billion/yr$6.4 Billion/yr for 35 for 35 HUGHUG Siphon Siphon Systems Systems Comparables: U. S. (2006) $.66/m3 average
Seasonal floodwaters of Ottawa River
Ottawa River Discharge Volume as Measured at Carillon Dam
Year Max. Flow Min. Flow Yearly Average
m3/s m3/s m3/s
2004 4,917 534 1,960
2003 4,792 519 1,811
2002 5,947 666 2,064
2001 4,070 563 1,700
2000 3,205 971 1,801
Average 4,586 650
Average Additional Flow, which river can handle: (4,586 - 650) 3,936(Source: ORRPB: “Historical Streamflow Summary”)
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Comparative Low Cost Alternative
• The Helical Turbine System has the lowest
Energy Installation Costs. Romain Audet
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Clean Energy Demands The goal should be a 50% reduction in global carbon-dioxide emissions by the
middle of the century. This means every year the world needs: 30 new nuclear plants 17,000 windmills 400 biomass power plants Two hydroelectric facilities the size of China's massive Three Gorges Dam 42 coal and gas power plants with yet-to-be-developed carbon-capture technology
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Subsidizing Inefficient Technology
Fortunately, there is a smarter way to deal with global warming: we make green energy cheaper.
The miracle of the modern age -- the personal computer didn't become household items because governments subsidized purchases or forced up the price of typewriters.
Typewriter Man Romain Audet
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Funding Basic Research
The R&D that got Neil Armstrong to the moon in 1969 made it possible for Apple to introduce the first Mac in 1976.
Forget about subsidizing inefficient technologies or making fossil fuels too expensive to use.
Instead, let's fund the basic research that will make green energy too cheap and easy to resist.
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A New Product: the HUG
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• Picture a long spiralling interwoven set of 3 m diameter tubes facing a current from rapids, a waterfall, a tide or an ocean current.
•Now place an array of twin helical turbines in the HUG Pathway separated within a length of a 6 m of each other in the fast spiralling flow.
Helical Pathway Patent
The HUG Patent explained: Oval helical turbines harness kinetic energy are inserted in a Helical Pathway System in fast flowing waters.
An 80 page Patent (44 images) has been registered.
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HUGHUG Captures the Vortex Power of Water
We have all experienced vortexes in our lives: the fast draining sink.
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The Helical Turbine is the Most Efficient: 35%35%
Propeller turbines have an efficiency of 20% compared to the Helical Turbine (35%).
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The Venturi Pathway
The scientist, Giovanni Venturi, tested conical contractions. The classical venturi consists of a 21°conical contraction, straight throat and 7-15°conical expansion.
(Velocity)2 = 2 x g x s Acceleration of gravity = g = 9.8 m/s2
Velocity = 7.67 m/s for 3 m drop (s) of siphon At the convergence, the Final Velocity =
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The Vortex Pathway
HUGHUG, creates a vortex. The Velocity in the flume of the HUGHUG is four times faster than placing the turbine directly in the path of a straight flow.
The Final Velocity of 10.4 m/s, which is increased at the conical convergence, is further increased in the vortex.
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Turbine Power in Siphon
• The Power of each Turbine in a Siphon incline:KE = ½ x A x V 3 x efficiency (A = area swept)
= ½ x 3.26 m2 x (10.4m/s)3 x .35 = .64 MW/turbine
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Oval Helical HUGHUG Power
Oval Helical turbines have power of .64 MW/turbine.
A community will require a minimum of 1.93 MW of power in winter with a 3-Oval Turbine HUG SystemHUG System.
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Modular Oval Turbines installed on Site
The modular unit of the oval twin turbines in an inner envelope can be replaced without interference to the flow of the siphon.
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Modular HUGSHUGS
The large diameter (3 m) plastic pipe is formed by wrapping of steel-reinforced polyethylene (PE) sheets, which provides excellent flexibility.
The ribbing of the PE is flexible & light enough to intertwine with the second half of the HUGHUG manually.
Detachable hinged door are inserted on the side. C-shaped joint systems support these
door with its attached helical turbine housing.
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New Technology: Earth-moving Machines
Excavator Bucket 40 m3
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More Efficient Hydraulic excavators.
Worker
New Technology: Tunnel Boring Machines
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Non-invasive Canadian
tunnel boring machines measure 6 meters in diameter. This didn’t exist until 1985.
Helical Turbines in Open Water
Helical Turbines have been successfully developed over the last 15 years.
Gorlov Experimental Helical Turbine
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Commercially Viable New Technology
Investment in helical turbines has increased from US$13 million in 2004 to US$257 million (Korea) in 2007.
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Electricity & Fossil Fuel Energy
Energy costs of diesel electricity (not including capital costs) are very high: $0.63 per kWh vs. $$0.0.1515//kWkWhh for HUGHUG.
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Why so much Power? A negative pressure or a sucking action is
created from a spiral centripetal motion. The Velocity in the flume of the HUGHUG is
four times faster than placing the turbine directly in the path of the river: 36.5 kWkW/turbine/turbine
Power DensityPower Density: 173 kW/m173 kW/m22
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Velocity is King:
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The most critical factor is the Velocity of the flow. A quadrupling of the Velocity from 1 m/s* multiplies the Kinetic Energy (KE) by 43 or 64x, by the formula:
KE= ½ x A x V 3 x efficiency (A = area swept; Velocity)
= ½ x 3.26 m2 x (4 m/s*)3 x .35 = 36.5 kW/turbine
Red Area denotes High Red Area denotes High Velocity of Flow Velocity of Flow
at the flume.at the flume.
11 kW/m2
* Based on a discharge of 56 m3s per A of 3.26 m2
The HUG Prototype
1,682 MWh can sustain 1,360 average households annually@ 12,000 kilowatt-hours (KWh)/household.
The HUG Prototype: 0.24 MWOne Twin Oval Helical Turbine: Length: 5 m; Head: 3 m; Depth 6m
1 Modular Helical Pathway, Helical Turbine & Vanes & Striations (62%) $324,000
Control System & Generators & Converters for DIFG 0.24 MW: (9.5%) 50,000
Transmission and Grid Connection: (11.5%) 60,000
Module Anchors & Slot Construction (1.25m) $1,500/m x (50m) (17%) 90,000
Subtotal
$524,000
Contingency, Insurance, Legal costs, Bank fees, Interest (15%) 78,600
Total Helical Turbine System Cost
$602,600
Engineering Planning and Design (15%) 90,000
Promotion Patent Fee (10%)
60,000
Total Costs: 0.24 MW $3,136/KW
$752,600
80% utilization rate: 1,682 MWh * [x $79/MWh (Quebec) $133,000/yr or 17.517.5%%/yr./yr. (ROI) ]Annual Return on Investment (ROI): (Ontario FIT) (x $131/MWh) $220,000 = 29%/yr.29%/yr.
*The designated Fee is initially offered to promoters (under contract). The fees for succeeding systems will be allocated to community development (5%) and patent fee
(5%).
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HUG Pilot Project
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28 Turbines @ $8,750 $245,00028 Submersible Generator @ $5,000
140,000
1 Module Cylindrical HUG 1,250,000Module Anchors & Civil Works 1,625,000Control System 407,000
Electric Power Converter/Generator for 6.7MW DFIG
593,000
Transmission and Grid Connection 86,000Electrical Connections 550,000Electrical and Mechanical Overhead 114,000Subtotal $5,010,000Contingency, Insurance, Legal costs, Bank fees, Interest: (15%)
752,000
Total Helical Turbine System Cost $5,762,000Engineering Planning and Design (15%) 864,000Patent Promotion Fee* (10%) 576,000Total Costs: 6.7 MW $1075/kW (.153/kWh) $7,202,000
* The designated Fee is initially offered to promoters (under contract). The fees for succeeding systems will be allocated to management fees (5%), community development (4%) and patent fee (1%).
80% utilization: 47,000 MWh [x $79 (Quebec)] $3,700,000: ROI = 51%
Annual Return on Investment: (Ontario FIT) (using $131/MWh) $6,150,000 = 85%
The First 6.7 MW Prototype HUG SystemHUG Length: 31 m; Diameter/Depth: 6 m; Twin Oval Helical Turbines: 28
HUG is Profitable:
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•Allows one to license the technology for a high fee initially, because you will be in a monopolistic and R&D fees are expected.
•High Ontario FIT prices are established from inefficient wind turbine technology. This allows one to keep profits high. (using Ontario FIT Guaranteed sale price of $131/MWh or Quebec prices of $79/MWh less your cost of $5.46/MWh).
•Allows one to set up a Private Public Partnership for a very high initial return and a reasonable annual return for managing the project.
•Earns extra revenue from the sale of carbon credits.
Public Ownership – Private Development
The water sector is one of the natural local monopolies.
Public Private Partnerships (PPP) ensure that water remains a universal human right and a freely accessible public good.
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“Build-Transfer-Operate” Model
The NARA Partnership The NARA Partnership contracts with a private partner to build a facility. Once completed, the private partner transfers ownership of the facility toto NARA. NARA.
NARA then leases the facility back to the private partner under a long-term lease.
The private partner involved in the design and construction of the infrastructure has an opportunity to earn a reasonable 10% pre-tax equity return.
The original NARA partners will be open to new co-owners and invite all water supply and sanitation organizations to become "implementation partners" of the initiative.
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Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
NSERC invests more than $2-billion annually in technology R&D incentives for Manufacturing, Energy Resources & Northern Development, etc.
The Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) program provide an investment tax credit (ITC) of 35%.
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NSERC Short List
Baird Engineering & Sciences Hatch Associates Ltd Hydro-Québec Risk Services: Ontario Power Generation Inc. Siemens Westinghouse Tecsult Romain Audet
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Helical Turbines:Environmental
Zero Effects People requiring resettlement: zerozero
Areas flooded: zerozero
Dam Reservoir unsuitable for fish: zerozero
Natural habitats affected: zerozero
Adverse noise & visual impact: zerozero
Two million mTwo million m33 of concrete for a dam: of concrete for a dam: savedRomain Audet
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Environmental Impacts
A great deal more research is warranted.
There is a flip side to an environmental impact: the dangers of inter-basin water transfers must be balanced by a greater risk, the Great Lakes environment.
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Wind Turbine Power
Since wind turbines are so unpredictable, conventional power plants have to serve as back-ups. These run at less than half power most of the time. This is all terribly uneconomical.
2000 Wind Turbines is four times more costly than one HUG System, because water is 1,000 times denser than air.
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This Project Reduces Global Warming.
Companies that exceed the emission limits must soon buy credits of $284,000 worth of carbon credits, from the 1 MW of new clean energy, which will add to our revenue.
Power generation of 228 MW is worth $65 Million.
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The Alternative: Desalination Plants.
An alternative desalination plant (1.2 m3s) is twice the price, because it is energy intensive and it incurs high-pollution costs that could escalate as energy price increase.
Improperly structured subsidies can prove economically inefficient and hamper sustainable development. Seawater desalination plants grants:1. Federal financial support: $200 per acre-foot
(.16 /cubic meter)2. State subsidies – California: $5 million per project 3. Municipal – S. California: $250 per acre-foot
(.20 /cubic meter)
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A Stop Gap Solution from Lake Superior
Siphon Pipes from a height of 200 m above sea level to 183 m at L. Superior.
The ecological risk is non-existent for inter-body water transfer, which is siphoned to Lake Superior from waters travelling to James Bay over a distance of 12 km.
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Great Lakes Siphon Project
Eleven bodies of 265 m3s water share the same environment: only a distance of 1.5 m to 12 km apart. Romain Audet
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There are eleven possible locations at which this siphon system can be applied.
Supporting Lake Superior
A HUG Siphon can tap into the spring flooding river system along the USA - Canada border (One of nine Siphon System for 265 m3s ).
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Supporting Lake Superior
This HUG Siphon system can tap into the river system flowing west away from Lake Superior.
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Sustainable Lake Superior
This HUG Siphon System can tap into a flowing river system only 4 km away, which is sustainable, especially in the spring.
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Sustainable Lake Superior
The sustainable HUGHUG Siphon System can tap into a flowing river system heading west. Romain Audet
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Supporting Lake Superior
This HUG Siphon system can tap into flood waters flowing north from a lake 10 km away. Romain Audet
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Sustainable Lake Superior
This HUG Siphon System can tap into a major river system 12 km away, flowing north. Romain Audet
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Sustainable Lake Superior
This HUG Siphon System can tap into a major river system, which is sustainable, especially in the spring.
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Sustainable Lake Superior
This HUG Siphon System can tap into a major river system, which is flowing north, 7.8 km away.
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Supporting Lake Superior
This HUG Siphon system can tap into the river flowing 8 km away, from March to July. Romain Audet
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Key Issue: Great Lakes Water Scarcity
The condition of the Great Lakes need to be improved. Its waters are evaporating more quickly because of global warming.
The Great Lakes are glacial phenomena - not a self-sustaining water basin.
Only 50% of original wetlands remain in the Great Lakes region.
There is a need for a new supply to the Great Lakes if levels are to be maintained.
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Environmental Concerns:
The environmental shocks of the Great Lakes wetlands and its water levels.
The need for water in Canada’s prairies.
The loss of funds from fresh water sales, which can be used to solve Canada’s other environmental problems.
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August 19, 2010
No Ecological Problem There is no ecological problem with U.S.
buying Canadian water under three conditions:
1. There is protection (water rights) for those who cannot afford to buy it.
2. The water isn't used for unsustainable lifestyles.
3. It must be environmentally acceptable and sustainable.
Water is a human right, not a commodity.Water is a human right, not a commodity.It is a public trust.It is a public trust.
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August 19, 2010
Connecting with GLRC Strategy
The U.S.A. Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy requested $26 billion$26 billion a plan preserve the Great Lakes over five years.
Part of this Strategy is to enhance sustainable planning and resources ($115 ($115 million)million)..
The The Ontario Siphon Ontario Siphon HUGHUG project project would significantly affect these cost estimates.
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August 19, 2010
Ontario Blue Oil? Bill 198, Safeguarding and Sustaining
Ontario's Water Act, 2007, chose a watershed approach
It is aimed at discouraging bulk water exports by making the environmental protection of water resources the key reason for the law.
It is based on the threats to water ecosystems from inter-basin transfers.
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August 19, 2010
Canadian Blue Oil
The standard proposed by the IJC is that there should be “no net loss” to the area from which the water is taken.
The federal government knows that the economic opportunities of these water diversion projects are endless.
This is why the Canadian governments failed to choose a policy course so as to keep their future options open.
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August 19, 2010
Examine our Gains The Multiplier Effect: every $1 spent in the
water and sanitation sector creates on average another $8 in costs averted and productivity gained. This is the reason for government subsidies for water distribution between 30% and 50% (OECD countries).
It is estimated that NARANARA would increase the annual national income from agriculture, livestock, mining, and manufacturing by approximately $30 $30 billionbillion.
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August 19, 2010
Canadian Political Options: Parliament could pass legislation
regulating the export of water from Canada under international trade, just as it regulates energy exports under the National Energy Board Act.
The federal government could negotiate a tri-national treaty with the United States and Mexico for water users across the whole continent.
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August 19, 2010
Canada and NAFTA NAFTA & WTO require non-discriminatory
treatment “in like circumstances”.
If those provinces do not export bulk water, they would not be required to start, as that policy would be considered the best treatment available.
A decision by one province, namely Ontario, to permit the sale of bulk water has no implications for other provinces.
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August 19, 2010
The U.S. and NAFTA Water shortages and global warming pose a “serious threat”
to America’s national security.
The U.S. could put $600 billion in trade at risk.
Obama threaten to withdraw from NAFTA during the primaries: some parts of America have benefited; others have not.
Governments are required not only to provide clean water to their citizens, but citizens of other countries have the right to water as well and to find peaceful solutions to water disputes between states.
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U.S.A. Guarantees Required:o The federal government could overrule the rights of provinces to exploit their water resources as they see fit, as a national concern, for “peace, order and good government”.
o Neither NAFTA, nor the World Trade Organization, would tolerate a country restricting water explicitly for use within national boundaries. This would be trade discrimination, so a water accord is largely ineffective, such as Bill 198, Safeguarding and Sustaining Ontario's Water Act, 2007
o United States need to offer the Canadians a proposal, which allows bulk water exports to be safeguarded from NAFTA’s Chapter 11 investment rules.
o The U.S. proposal should also offer an ‘escape-clause’, i.e. allow for interruption in the trade in bulk water after satisfactory advance notice.
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August 19, 2010
Gains for Ontario
Revenue from the Sale of New Power
Revenue from the Sale of Water
New Low Cost Fresh Water (Toronto area)
New Resources for Agriculture, Mining & Pulp
Employment and Capital Inflows (with tax revenues)
New Supporting Secondary Industries
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Win Win for Canada!Win Win for Canada!
Economic advantages to Canada: to offset the global warming “bite”
This has tremendous political, financial, and psychological advantages to unite various factions in Canada and promote Canadian pride by uniting Aboriginal, Quebec, Ontario and Western interests.
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A Call to Action !A Call to Action !
Canada is an Expert in Large-Scale Infrastructure-Building Programs.
Canada supports clean electricity technology, which then can be imported.
It is time to build political and social solution, which is “Made in CanadaMade in Canada”.
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August 19, 2010
The Canadian Touch
Our hope is that it will be a Canadian company interested in developing tradable Canadian goods and not some company from Korea, Germany or the Netherlands, which will see the light.
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August 19, 2010
Anticipation!
Experts assert that this water crisis is more than a cyclical "drought.
Just as energy security became a national priority during the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973–74, water security will become a national and global priority in the decades ahead.
They will say, “We didn't know it was coming."
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August 19, 2010