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.

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.

Enter hydropower digital twins: a virtual representation of real-life turbines. After hearing dam operators' repeated frustrations, experts from multiple domains collaborated and developed a ...

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 ...

BEIJING--China has approved the construction of what will be the world’s largest hydropower dam, kicking off an ambitious project on the eastern rim of the Tibetan plateau that could affect ...

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 ...

The world’s rarest great ape, discovered only in 2017, will not survive the building of a $1.6 billion hydroelectric power plant and dam in the middle of its remaining habitat in Sumatra ...

A new digital twin platform can help hydropower dam operators by providing accurate and predictive models of physical turbines that improve facilities and enhance reliability.

The Three Gorges Dam on 20th August, 2020 in Yichang,Hubei,China. This is currently the largest hydropower dam in the world, but China has plans to change that in the future.

The U.S. Energy Dept. announced Sept. 5 recipients in 33 states of $430 million to support upgrades and safety improvements at aging hydroelectric dams across the U.S. The agency says funds would ...

Some environmental groups are fighting against hydro power due to dams supposedly harming fish. Ken Ruinard / staff / USA TODAY NETWORK Instead of using fossil fuels, we’re told to use “clean ...