The installation of floating solar plants in reservoirs may be an opportunity to increase the efficiency and use of hydroelectric power plant infrastructure already in operation as an alternative to ...

Hydropower facilities are dependent on being located near sources of water, but there’s potential for further construction both inland and in coastal waters. Hydroelectric power, or hydropower, is ...

LAKE CUSHMAN — Apples, evergreens and water rushing over colossal-sized concrete: few things are as iconic in Washington as the dams wedged in rivers that make the state the nation's largest producer ...

Google is signing a first-of-its-kind framework deal for hydropower with Brookfield Renewable. The deal will provide the technology company with stable and clean power for its operations. The ...

Demand for power is growing fast, but hydro plants, the oldest source of clean energy, are struggling because of droughts, floods and other extreme weather linked to climate change. Drought and age ...

China has approved what is set to become the biggest hydropower dam complex in the world, capable of producing nearly three times as much power as the current record-holder, the Three Gorges Dam. The ...

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 ...

A Massachusetts company’s plans to build small hydroelectric generating plants at three Lehigh Valley canals has gone at a leisurely pace, as unhurried as the modern-day canal boat pulled, these days, ...

Droughts led to a drop in generation from hydroelectric plants, and fossil fuels filled the gap. This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in ...

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 struggle of the world’s largest source of renewable last year could have important implications for the fight against climate change. By Manuela Andreoni Global pollution from electricity ...

Japan’s Ricoh has designed a micro hydropower system for sewage plants that could potentially be used in combination with ground-mounted solar or floating PV. The system features a sustainable water ...