Well, I didn’t say when the extra electricity generation happened!
But seriously, thank you for all the additional info, that’s really interesting.
But seriously, thank you for all the additional info, that’s really interesting.
Glad you found it interesting! One additional tidbit is that they have to keep the water level at the pools downstream of the intakes within 1.5ft +/- the historical mean. There's a bit more leeway than that over time, but they do typically hit the mark. It's quite the operation.
Why does the water level have to be controlled so precisely in those pools? Is there some technical reason or is it another tourism related thing like turning up the waterfall's flow during the day?
[1] http://www.ijc.org/en_/inbc [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Control_Dam
EDIT: Also, there's the St. Lawrence Power Project[1] at the Moses-Saunders Power Dam[2]. A similar cooperation with very different design. New York has the most hydropower in the eastern half of the united states by quite a lot.
[1] https://www.google.com/maps/place/Moses-Saunders+Power+Dam,+...