Water
Inspect the hydropower potential of your region.
You need data you can trust backed by engineering intelligence to make a crucial decision: where to locate your next hydropower project.
Sherlock delivers resource maps to make this choice with confidence for your region or country. Forget about the long and costly inventory processes of the past. Get the data and analysis you need in one smart solution with profitability assessments delivered in hours, not days.
Sherlock identifies sites for both Run of River (RoR) dams and Storage dams. RoR are selected to optimise natural head: maximum chute with the minimum length. Storage dams are selected to maximise regulation capacity (inflows and reservoir volume), while minimising dam body volume.
Once sites are identified, Sherlock inspects them with spatial analysis powered by Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology. This leads to the exclusion of some sites and the ranking of those remaining. The multi-criteria ranking extends beyond profitability to include the environmental and social impacts that decision-makers need.
Sherlock is powered by recognised climate datasets, hydrographic networks and advanced 3D modelling technology. Spatial analysis is performed on GIS software using dedicated scripts that measure proximity, distance and more.
16%
of global electricity is produced by hydropower
1330
GW of hydropower has reached installed capacity
2600
GW of hydropower needed to meet global climate targets