As the gates leading from Sam Rayburn Lake open, the water rushes towards the Kaplan turbines some 100’ below. The river begins to rise and swell below the dam as the ground below your feet vibrates ...

Hydropower has long been used to stabilize the rid and store energy to compensate for the fluctuations of solar and wind power. Its use of artificial intelligence is helping cope with new demands but ...

Hydroelectric power generation hit a 10-year high in Europe in 2024, while hydro growth in other regions—most notably China—kept the technology at the top of the list when it comes to global energy ...

Hydropower remains the world’s third-largest electricity source but is often overlooked despite its vast untapped potential. Its flexibility and storage capacity make it critical for balancing ...

Early this century, the Vernon Station hydropower dam on the Connecticut River generated an average of 135,000 megawatt hours (MWh) per year. In 2008, nearly a century after the Vermont dam was first ...

Our world is hungry for energy. As industry and populations expand, electricity demand is likely to triple in the next 30 years. But for the sake of our planet, it needs to be renewable: it must be ...

In May, U.S. national laboratories Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) partnered with regulated utility Idaho Power to determine the viability of ...

The International Energy Agency’s executive director has called hydropower a “forgotten giant,” and has urged governments to do more to remember it. U.S. President Donald Trump has said hydropower is ...

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 ...