The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) has released a $9.5 million funding opportunity to increase hydropower’s flexibility, allowing it to better balance the ...

This is the fourth in a series of posts about how system-scale perspectives are vital to the planning and development of sustainable power systems, including hydropower. The previous post focused on ...

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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 ...

Q. Georgia is undergoing an energy transformation. Rising consumption, seasonal shortages, and regional geopolitical dynamics raise one key question: how ...

The selections — funded by the bipartisan infrastructure law — are aimed at enhancing dam safety, improving grid resilience and protecting jobs. The Energy Department announced it had selected nearly ...

New exclusions could accelerate approvals for maintenance, rehabilitation, and replacement of facilities at FERC-licensed hydropower projects In a decision notable enough to merit a novel docket ...

WAKEFIELD, Mass. - The tide is turning in favor of hydropower. The recent acquisition by Agilitas Energy of the 30-megawatt Tygart Hydropower Project in Grafton, West Virginia, and the 14-megawatt ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 15—Alaska's largest electric utility plans to study four new hydropower projects, a potential counterweight to future imports ...