Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. The light-colored bathtub ring around Lake Mead shows how much water level has dropped because of drought. (Photo by: Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images ...

As the cold tests the resilience of hydropower infrastructure, operators are refining ways to monitor and ...

With rising global energy demand and more frequent extreme weather, the need for reliable, flexible, and clean power has never been more urgent. As wind and solar dominate global investment in ...

The Pacific Northwest could see a slight increase in hydropower generation within the next 15 years, but climate change could affect how and when that energy could be used, a new study suggests. The ...

These reports are alarming, because hydropower is a major source of carbon-free energy for the West — during a wet year, it can meet 30 percent of the region’s annual electricity demand in the West.

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 ...

SAO PAULO, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Soil moisture in Brazil's main river basins used for hydropower generation has fallen to nearly two-decade lows, data collected by the London Stock Exchange Group shows, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...