Archimedes screw turbines and generators have emerged as robust, low-head hydropower solutions that exploit the kinetic energy of low-volume water flows. By reversing the traditional Archimedes screw ...

Japan’s Ricoh has designed a micro hydropower system for sewage plants that could potentially be used in combination with ground-mounted solar or floating PV. The system features a sustainable water ...

Adapting a technology that was first thought of during the time of the ancient Greeks, a Beverly, Massachusetts, company has created a small power plant in Meriden that state officials believe has the ...

A startup business that places small turbines in irrigation canals to generate electricity has raised $18.4 million to scale up its technology for carbon-free hydropower. The new investment will go to ...

Pumps as turbine (PaT) systems represent an innovative solution in hydropower generation, converting readily available pump components into efficient energy converters in reverse operation. Such ...

Can the potential energy of water flowing through the pipes in everyday buildings be captured and harnessed? That’s precisely what a team of student researchers in the Master of Architecture program ...

PNNL is partnering with Percheron Power, LLC, to help the Kennewick, Wash.-based small business make hydropower cheaper. PNNL is helping Percheron evaluate using composite instead of steel to make ...

You don’t have to invest millions in engineering the most optimal solar panel or innovative wind turbine to get ahead in the renewable energy sector. Instead, one Beverly, Mass.-based company has ...

The video "The Genius of Bladeless Vortex Hydropower" explores hydropower as a reliable energy source, addressing intermittency issues faced by other renewables. It highlights the aging infrastructure ...

Adapting a technology that was first thought of during the time of the ancient Greeks, a Beverly, Massachusetts, company has created a small power plant in Meriden that state officials believe has the ...