OUR APPROACH
Our Approach
Confluence Hydro leverages its extensive experience, deep technical knowledge and innovative mind-set, coupled with a data-driven approach, to transform legacy hydroelectric dams into clean, efficient assets built to power our modern economy.
Safety is foundational to everything we do. We employ a rigorous Dam Safety Program focused on protecting our employees, local communities and the environment.
Our goal is to ensure these legacy assets remain an integral part of their communities and can effectively contribute to our energy future. Doing so often requires sites to undergo significant refurbishment.
Leveraging the company’s deep operational expertise, analytical approach and strong financial resources, Confluence Hydro will invest in our people, our processes and our plants to chart a new strategic path for hydroelectric resources. The Confluence Hydro leadership team takes a systematic approach to improving assets, informed by decades of experience acquiring and managing dozens of successful projects.
Examples of Past Improvements
- Improved water-retaining and civil structures to ensure dam integrity.
- Fostered a safety-first, compliance-driven culture by demonstrating leadership commitment at every level.
- Instituted comprehensive employee training with focus on safety and best-in-class methods to provide employees with tools to identify and mitigate risk.
- Significantly increased streamflow-to-energy conversion by refurbishing and recommissioning dozens of historically undermaintained hydro units.
- Instituted a modern maintenance strategy — integrating state-of-the-art IT systems and comprehensive employee training — to boost generation efficiency and profitability.
- Invested in intelligent data infrastructure to predict equipment fatigue and prevent failure, improving real-time tracking, responsiveness and overall efficient fleet operations.
- Leveraged deep knowledge and experience complying with federal and state safety and environmental standards to secure license renewals for multiple facilities.
- Developed unique expertise in fish passage design to create and institute tailored approaches at each project.
- Engaged local communities throughout process to identify potential improvements and protect community interests.