As the gates leading from Sam Rayburn Lake open, the water rushes towards the Kaplan turbines some 100’ below. The river begins to rise and swell below the dam as the ground below your feet vibrates ...

US hydropower sector is expected to remain largely flat through 2035, while pumped storage emerges as the main source of ...

A busy floating market in the Mekong Delta, in Vietnam. Because reservoirs capture riverine sediment, continued construction of hydropower dams in the Mekong River basin will accelerate the erosion of ...

The year 2013 was a breakout year for American hydropower. Last summer, President Obama signed two bills that will help expand hydropower production: the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act, and the ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Grand Valley Power members will now have a portion of their daily energy sourced from local hydropower following a purchasing agreement between Grand Valley Power (GVP) ...

What’s more, hydropower is the backbone of Washington’s clean energy grid, providing 80%-90% of clean energy in Washington, ...

China is no stranger to massive civil engineering projects, but its latest hydropower effort is impressively large, even by ...

A hydropower dam in the Italian Alps. This is the second in a series of blog posts examining how system-scale approaches to energy planning can help resolve the contradictions at the heart of global ...

Idaho National Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have partnered with Idaho Power to evaluate the feasibility and advantages of producing hydrogen at existing hydropower plants.

In May, China’s total power generation rose by 5.6% year-on-year. China’s coal-fired generation has increased the most of any power source this year. Reduced water levels in hydro reservoirs have led ...

LAHORE: The year 2025 proved to be a satisfactory one for Pakistan’s hydropower and water sectors as WAPDA consistently supplied clean, green and low-cost hydel electricity to the national grid.