The race to store clean energy

Energy generated from the sun, wind and other renewable sources naturally varies – when the supply dips, there’s less electricity available to power and heat our homes. Being able to store it is ...
Yahoo

Batteries get hyped, but pumped hydro provides the vast majority of long-term energy storage essential for renewable power – here’s how it works

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. has thousands of lakes and reservoirs that could be paired for pumped hydro storage without the need for rivers. Ollo via ...
International Water Power & Dam Construction

Hydropower goes data-driven: why digital twins are key to modernising ageing plants

Digital twins are swiftly transforming the hydropower sector including for real-time monitoring and predictive maintenance at ...
Bloomberg L.P.

China’s Massive Hydro Energy Storage Goals May Be Getting Bigger

China’s biggest dam builder says the country is launching an even-larger-than-expected campaign to build hydro energy storage to complement renewable power.
Crude Oil Prices

The Hydropower Industry Is Facing an Existential Threat

Droughts linked to climate change are reducing water flow in rivers and reservoirs, causing significant drops in hydropower production worldwide. Countries heavily reliant on hydropower, like China, ...
Business Wire

FirstLight Power Expands Clean Energy Portfolio With Acquisition of Two Hydroelectric Facilities in Western Pennsylvania

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FirstLight Power, a leading clean provider of renewable energy and energy storage resources, today announced the company has acquired two Western Pennsylvania ...
WUNC

A century of renewable energy on Mountain Island Lake

This story appeared first in WFAE's weekly climate newsletter, which is out Thursdays. Sign up at WFAE.org/newsletters. Duke Energy recently celebrated a big birthday ...