Under Biden last year, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation finalized a decision to allow releases of water to bypass Glen Canyon Dam’s hydropower infrastructure to curb invasive fish populations.

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 ...

Ice Harbor Lock and Dam boasts some of the most cutting-edge hydropower technology in the world. Two advanced technology turbines currently sit in the powerhouse, with a third one on the way.

Hydropower projects are not always reliable for energy generation, particularly during droughts and recalled the summer of 2022 in China when low water levels in rivers rendered dams unable to ...

The Banqiao Dam Disaster of 1975, in China, was the single most devastating dam failure event, with at least 26,000 killed immediately and more than 200,000 people killed in total.

China approved construction of a massive hydroelectric dam in Tibet, projected to be the world's largest and triple the capacity of the Three Gorges Dam. Type your search and press Enter.

The Bonneville Dam marks the beginning of the lower Columbia River. Federal researchers say hydroelectric power in the Pacific Northwest will increase slightly in the years to come.