Hydropower is a great source of energy that doesn’t suffer the same intermittency problems as other renewables. But dams fail. A lot. About 95% of the existing hydropower systems in the States were ...

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, ...

SACRAMENTO — Engineers from across the country are showing off new hydroelectric technology in Sacramento. On the brink of blackouts this summer, California's demand for power set records, and now ...

The region has a major hydro potential, and at the same time a shortage of power generation ST. PETERSBURG, June 19. /TASS/. Buryatia entered an agreement on a local power system of small ...

Hydropower projects frequently face resistance from environmental groups for a variety of reasons. One of the more common objections to hydro is the high turbine-induced mortality of fish. The passage ...

GUILFORD — Vermont State officials have an energy problem. In 2011, the state developed its Comprehensive Energy Plan with the goal of obtaining 90 percent of the state's energy needs from renewable ...

Water leaking into an aging and shuttered city hydro-electric generating facility at the O'Shaughnessy Dam, near the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and other construction issues have put a city project to ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X A proposed small hydroelectric plant in the Lehigh Canal along Easton’s Hugh Moore Park won’t be ...

While still a couple years away from going live, China has just unveiled two turbines so massive it's hard to comprehend. With an outer diameter of 20 ft, 5 in (6.2 m), each turbine weighs 80 tons, is ...

A run-of-river hydro project on the St. Joseph River in downtown South Bend, Indiana, spearheaded by the University of Notre Dame, was one of the first ever in the U.S. to utilize the StreamDiver ...

A hydroelectric generator produces electricity by harnessing the kinetic energy of running water. Now you can not only find stationary larger-scale hydroelectric generators but also portable micro ...