Early this century, the Vernon Station hydropower dam on the Connecticut River generated an average of 135,000 megawatt hours (MWh) per year. In 2008, nearly a century after the Vermont dam was first ...

A bridge over Soča River in Slovenia. Governments can conduct or support strategic planning exercises for energy such as Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs). These can evaluate large-scale tradeoffs ...

61% of hydropower dams worldwide will be in river basins with high to extreme risk of water scarcity, floods or both by 2050 Climate change will dramatically increase the frequency of floods and ...

Despite admirable intentions of hydropower development projects, there is often a risk for negative environmental and social impacts. Because of the vital importance of water for ecosystems and ...

Gregory Guyot is affiliated with IAHR (International Association for Hydro-environment, Engineering and Research). Alan Brent does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any ...

A new 16-GW hydropower project in China and a 9-GW plant in Indonesia are among several projects being highlighted as part of Global Hydropower Day, being celebrated Oct. 11 as the hydro sector notes ...

Last December, the Governor’s Energy Security Task Force highly ranked the Susitna-Watana Project as a viable option to help the state maintain energy security for the next 100 years. Susitna-Wanata ...

Hydropower provides a vast majority of Kentucky's renewable electricity generation, and many unused dams could offer an opportunity for more. Unlike other technologies like solar and wind, hydropower ...

Madagascar has significant hydropower potential, but to date less than 20% of the country’s energy comes from hydroelectric facilities. The Economic Development Agency of Madagascar (EDBM) estimates ...

THE country needs more hydropower plants as a renewable energy source, but the government must help address problems investors face, the Philhydro Association Inc. said on Tuesday. “Hydropower is ...

The U.S. has a long record of extracting resources on Native lands and ignoring tribal opposition, but a decision by federal energy regulators to deny permits for seven proposed hydropower projects ...

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has completed three major hydropower projects with a combined capacity of 63 megawatts during the current year, which have started generating electricity ...