Integrated Method for Power Analysis (IMP™) software from Natural Resoures Canada (NRCan) is specifically designed to reduce risk in small-scale hydropower projects and other hydrological applications, especially in remote areas with sparse available data.

When you combine IMP™ functionality with meteorological and topographical data, you can evaluate all aspects of an ungauged hydro site in one day of analysis. IMP™ uses four modeling components to perform power studies, flood frequency curve development, and fish habitat analysis.

Overall, IMP™ provides the advanced functionality you need to:

• Streamline assessment of economic potential and instream environmental impacts of small hydro sites on ungauged watersheds
• Incorporate topographic and daily weather data to perform flood frequency analysis and simulate hourly and daily streamflow and reservoir operations
• Optimize proposed projects based on energy value and construction costs

IMP™ is also useful as a training environment, because it deals with many common issues in water resources engineering.

New release of IMP™

Now available for download from the International Small Hydro Atlas, IMP™ version 5.0 offers:

• Improved efficiency
• Windows^® 2000 compatibility
• Improved file format to accommodate international data
• Increased ease of use
• Documentation for online help and user manual