Mississippi River Projects

Free Flow Power is currently working towards licensing 25 permitted Projects in the Lower Mississippi River between Kentucky and Louisiana; additionally, FFP has 43 preliminary permits pending before the FERC.  In contrast to conventional projects, which utilize changes in elevation at dams to generate electricity, hydrokinetic projects utilize the natural flow of a river to turn submerged turbines. The powerful currents of the Lower Mississippi render it the ideal environment for in-stream hydrokinetic development. The 25 permitted Projects in the Mississippi would generate 3,303 MW; the total nameplate capacity for the 43 pending sites is 5,371 MW.

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PROJECTS
Project Name State Waterway FERC Docket Number
Raccourci Cut-Off LA Mississippi River P-13332
Springfield Bend LA Mississippi River P-13473
Point Menoir LA Mississippi River P-13471
Raccourci Island LA Mississippi River P-13472
Fort Adams LA/MS Mississippi River P-13479
Palmetto Point LA/MS Mississippi River P-13475
Jackson Point LA/MS Mississippi River P-13476
Saint Catherine Bend LA/MS Mississippi River P-13497
Bondurant Chute LA/MS Mississippi River P-13477
David Island Bend LA/MS Mississippi River P-13478
Breeze Point LA/MS Mississippi River P-13480
Matthews Bend AR/MS Mississippi River P-13482
Miller Bend AR/MS Mississippi River P-13483
Georgetown Bend AR/MS Mississippi River P-13484
Old Town Bend AR/MS Mississippi River P-13485
Burke Landing AR/MS Mississippi River P-13486
Cow Island Bend AR/MS/TN Mississippi River P-13487
Island 35 Bend AR/TN Mississippi River P-13488
Barfield Point AR/TN Mississippi River P-13489
Linwood Bend MO/TN Mississippi River P-13490
Island 14 Bend MO/TN Mississippi River P-13491
Little Cypress Bend MO/TN Mississippi River P-13492
Slough Bend MO/TN/KY Mississippi River P-13493
Twin Pond MO/KY Mississippi River P-13494