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 ...

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 ...

What’s more, hydropower is the backbone of Washington’s clean energy grid, providing 80%-90% of clean energy in Washington, ...

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

The new small run-of-river hydropower project on Juniper Creek in Eagle River that was featured in the Anchorage Daily News a few weeks ago is a fine example of responsibly harvesting our local ...

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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 ...

WAKEFIELD, Mass. - The tide is turning in favor of hydropower. The recent acquisition by Agilitas Energy of the 30-megawatt Tygart Hydropower Project in Grafton, West Virginia, and the 14-megawatt ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. has a long record of extracting resources on Native lands and ignoring tribal opposition, but a decision by federal ...