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Ohio developer files application for permit to build hydroelectric plant at Lock and Dam No. 21

October 21, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — A developer from Ohio recently filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a preliminary permit for a hydroelectric plant along the Mississippi River at Lock and Dam No. 21 in Quincy. Alan Skelly of Low Head Hydro M 11 LLC from Mount Orab, Ohio, filed the application on May 29…

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'Imagine how much savings today that would be': Hydropower project backed by Spring administration died in 2011

October 21, 2024 | By David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — The announcement by Low Head Hydro M 11 LLC from Mount Orab, Ohio, of its proposal to study the feasibility of the proposed Mississippi Lock and Dam 21 Hydroelectric Project is not the first time a hydropower plant has been proposed in Quincy. The Quincy City Council voted in July 2006 to seek…

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