Explore the fascinating world of mini construction with a science project that focuses on building a model hydroelectric dam.

A Morgantown Lock and Dam hydroelectric power project first pitched more than a decade ago is still very much alive according ...

Adding batteries to hydropower facilities could extend dam lifespan and unlock new revenue according to PNNL study ...

Uhuru Falls in Uganda's Murchison Falls National Park, the location of a proposed hydropower dam on the Victoria Nile. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images) ...

In its current form, the nation's electric grid largely doesn't store energy. The vast majority of electricity generated by ...

LANSING, MI — Consumers Energy wants state regulators to approve a 30-year deal that would involve paying a private buyer twice the market rate for comparable hydropower in exchange for selling its ...

The National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) has released a web-based version of its Pumped Storage Hydropower (PSH) Cost ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Consumers Energy is selling its 13 hydroelectric dams to a Maryland-based energy investment firm. Consumers and Hull Street Energy, LLC, on Tuesday announced they had ...

Consumers Energy is asking Michigan's energy regulators for approval to sell its suite of 13 dams to a Maryland energy investment firm and to enter into an agreement with the company to purchase the ...

Generally speaking, it's best to ensure that water and electricity stay far away from each other. Though water itself doesn't conduct electricity very well, the ions that are in play (in swimming ...

Next week the Supreme Court of Nepal will hear a case focused on whether to move forward with construction of hydropower dams on the Karnali River, the country’s last major river that remains undammed ...

RICHLAND, Wash.— No two hydropower facilities are the same. They all work similarly by harnessing the power of rushing water to spin turbines and generators, which in turn creates electricity. But ...