Why HYDROMATRIX® saves your money

The HYDROMATRIX® Turbine-Generator Concept is a market leading solution for development of hydropower at low-head sites with existing dam or gate structures. Projects which to-date could not be realized in a financially feasible way using conventional turbine solutions can now be profitably developed.

The HYDROMATRIX® design utilizes a factory assembled grid or "matrix" of small propeller turbine-generators units. The complete module, including necessary mechanical and electrical equipment, is shipped intact to the project site where it can be readily installed into the existing gate or bulkhead slots.

When river discharges in excess of the capacity of the module (or modules) must be passed, or when the unit needs servicing or maintenance, the module can be easily raised or removed from the operating position similar to a gate or bulkhead.

HYDROMATRIX® Turbine-Generator unit

Because no major excavations, foundations, channel modifications, or civil works are necessary, installation utilizing the HYDROMATRIX® technology enables our customers to develop hydroelectric power plants at investment levels far below those normally required. Also, construction and start-up schedules can be reduced significantly, in some cases by years, resulting in much less overall project risk exposure prior to commercial operation and profitable sale of energy.

In addition, an installation using HYDROMATRIX® technology has the potential to minimize environmental impact, particularly during the construction phase, as well as requiring minimal or no additional land area or expensive property acquisitions.

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Please contact us if you have questions or need more information about the application criteria for the HYDROMATRIX®.