With new and improving clean energy sources on the rise across the country, this Clean Energy Week I am highlighting our most reliable form of baseload energy: hydropower. As a proven energy source ...

Demand for power is growing fast, but hydro plants, the oldest source of clean energy, are struggling because of droughts, floods and other extreme weather linked to climate change.

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 ...

With more countries announcing net-zero plans for 2050 or sooner, hydrogen’s time has come to play a major and integrated role in our energy infrastructure. The energy industry has shown an increased ...

From the Diablo Dam on the Skagit River to the Boundary Dam on the Pend Oreille River, for more than a hundred years, Washington state has relied on these sites for power. In 2022, hydropower was ...

Droughts linked to climate change are reducing water flow in rivers and reservoirs, causing significant drops in hydropower production worldwide. Countries heavily reliant on hydropower, like China, ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif./BRASILIA/SHANGHAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Severe droughts are drying up rivers and reservoirs vital for the production of zero-emissions hydropower in several countries around the globe ...

What do you call a situation that remains a crisis, but has ever so slightly improved? I’m asking myself this as I look at the latest water level data for Lake Powell, the reservoir in Arizona and ...

FERC has initiated a formal inquiry into whether certain routine operations at licensed hydropower facilities should be ...

Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his family live 100% energy and water independent on his off-grid compound in the New Mexico desert. Eric uses his passion for writing about ...