Early last year, the hydropower company Nature and People First set its sights on Black Mesa, a mountainous region on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona. The mesa’s steep drop offered ideal terrain ...

The recent approval of two hydropower dams in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains could undermine a REDD+ carbon project in the area. The Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project relies on keeping the forests in ...

The lab’s newest activity for STEM fests propels STEM education outreach forward — with a literal turbine! This fall, when students visit a local STEM fest (a fair themed around science, technology, ...

A bridge over Soča River in Slovenia. Governments can conduct or support strategic planning exercises for energy such as Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs). These can evaluate large-scale tradeoffs ...

Civil society leaders in Nepal continue to raise concerns about the in-development Tanahu hydropower project in Gandaki province, citing a lack of proper consultation, inadequate compensation for ...

In late December, China approved the world's largest hydropower project to begin construction, citing the economic benefits and need to shift to renewable energy sources. However, opponents argue that ...

This is the fourth in a series of posts about how system-scale perspectives are vital to the planning and development of sustainable power systems, including hydropower. The previous post focused on ...