A state-backed hydroelectric plant is on track to come to the former steel town of Braddock, but permitting delays have slowed the project and driven up costs. The Thursday meeting of the Pennsylvania ...

The US House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday unanimously approved the Build More Hydro Bill (H.R. 2072) ...

61% of hydropower dams worldwide will be in river basins with high to extreme risk of water scarcity, floods or both by 2050 Climate change will dramatically increase the frequency of floods and ...

Dug In: Leftover mining infrastructure at the abandoned Eagle Mountain iron mine. As Eagle Crest Energy awaits what it hopes will be final governmental approval for its proposed $2 billion hydropower ...

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Construction in Maine will resume next week on an electricity transmission project bringing Canadian hydropower to the New England power grid despite a half-billion dollar cost increase, the head of ...

Federal regulators have granted Native American tribes more power to block hydropower projects on their land after a flurry of applications were filed to expand renewable energy in the water-scarce ...

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 ...

The recent approval of two hydropower dams in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains could undermine a REDD+ carbon project in the area. The Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project relies on keeping the forests in ...