3. Hydropower is affordable. “Many people don’t know that Montana has the highest residential per capita energy consumption of any state in the nation, which makes it imperative that energy ...

Hydropower Has Consistently Generated Between 6% and 7% of Electricity in the U.S. Over the Past Decade. For much of U.S. history, hydropower has been the largest source of renewable energy.

That’s despite the fact that hydropower — which on average makes up about 15 percent of the state’s power generation mix under normal conditions — has dipped by as much as half this summer.

The Pacific Northwest could see a slight increase in hydropower generation within the next 15 years, but climate change could affect how and when that energy could be used, a new study suggests.

Hydropower may not be the newest technology, but it still holds potential for growth. This video explores the future of hydropower amidst the rising popularity of other renewables like wind and solar.

As wind and solar dominate global investment in renewable energy, hydropower’s potential to enhance grid resilience and expand energy supply remains largely untapped, and that potential is only ...

From 2009 to 2022, installed US solar capacity increased at an average rate of 44% annually, and installed US hydropower increased by less than 1% annually. In 2019, annual wind generation ...

Hydropower’s consistency remains a crucial stabilizing source that provides carbon-free energy that is easily adjusted to support grid resilience, including in extreme weather events.

Nepal is betting its future on hydropower – but the climate crisis is washing those hopes away. Nepal’s clean energy transition, almost entirely dependent on hydropower, is dangerously exposed ...

Arizona is becoming EV country. With nearly 90,000 electric vehicles registered there, it’s among the top 10 states for EV ownership in the nation per capita, according to the U.S. Department of ...

The hydropower system sucks water only from the upper portion of the lake — in this case, anything above the 475.5-meter (1,560-foot) mark — which is free of sediment and doesn’t damage the ...

In China, hydropower generation fell around 4.9 percent last year, according to the I.E.A., because of a severe drought in the southwest provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan, which can generate almost ...