Large-scale infrastructure projects can profoundly affect local economies, but assessing these effects is challenging. In a new study, a researcher evaluated all large-scale hydroelectric dams built ...

A new study investigated the impacts of different levels of global warming on hydropower potential and found that this type of electricity generation benefits more from a 1.5°C than a 2°C climate ...

Hydropower remains the Pacific Northwest’s largest source of affordable, reliable, clean electricity. As extreme weather events impact our region more often, hydropower and cutting-edge technologies ...

Dead mangrove stand. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the March 13th, 2019, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by E. Ezcurra at University of California, ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that 66 hydro facilities will receive more than $38 million in incentive payments for electricity generated and sold, and the “reimagined” Hydropower ...

The U.S. based researchers said linking solar with hydro in a full hybrid system configuration may result – at best – in the deployment of 7,593 GW for an estimated annual power generation of 10,616 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. I grew up in typically dry, inland southern California, so droughts are not entirely ...

HOLYOKE — The city of Holyoke has been granted over $7 million for hydroelectric projects from the U.S. Department of Energy. Funding will go toward projects like canal dike repairs, gatehouse ...

In November 2021, India threw open its doors to purchase of Nepal’s electricity. This is an important milestone for Nepal as it the first time that the Himalayan country is exporting hydropower. Nepal ...