Every day, Americans turn on their lights and plug in their devices without thinking twice about where their electricity is coming from. Yet, many have no idea that there is a domestic, dependable, ...

The global hydropower market is expected to reach $356.36 billion by 2031, driven by a focus on renewable energy. While China remains the industry leader globally, countries from Sweden to Canada are ...

For more than 100 years, hydropower has provided a low-cost, clean and renewable energy supply to homes and businesses in the Pacific Northwest — a region that has historically benefited from one of ...

As Congress turns its attention to a budget reconciliation bill that could shape the nation’s energy future, it is essential not to overlook one of our most reliable and time-tested sources of ...

Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese. Author Timothy J. Killeen is an ...

At first glance, the potential for hydropower in the U.S. seems limited. Of the country’s 84,000 dams, only a small fraction produce hydropower, and the country seems to have an appetite for tearing ...

The hydropower industry has placed a keen focus on sustainability in recent years. “The San José Declaration on Sustainable Hydropower,” a landmark declaration issued on Sept. 24, 2021, by the ...

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

Hydropower, the leading source of renewable energy, is facing significant challenges due to climate change-induced droughts and environmental concerns. Droughts have decreased hydropower production in ...

The study utilized the CN05.1 gridded observation dataset and ERA5 reanalysis data to investigate the primary systems and mechanisms influencing run-of-river hydropower generation in the middle ...

From workforce constraints to dwindling domestic manufacturing, the U.S. hydropower industry’s supply chain suffers from limited domestic capacity in the downstream and midstream sectors. A new report ...

Giacomo Falchetta receives funding from the European Union H2020 project Long-Term Joint EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership on Renewable Energy. The continent has a lot more hydropower ...