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 ...

For nearly two years, a construction project has been underway on the Blackstone River at the waterfall by the Highland Falls condo complex in Cumberland. First, a road was built to the site and some ...

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 ...

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 ...

Around 3.6 million households in the Philippines are not connected to the national power grid. In the country’s mountainous north, some villages have overcome this challenge by building and ...

Old dams on rivers are rapidly finding renewed purpose as sources of small-scale community-driven power. You have full access to this article via your institution ...

A hydroelectric generator produces electricity by harnessing the kinetic energy of running water. Now you can not only find stationary larger-scale hydroelectric generators but also portable micro ...

A company from Belgium wants to make hydropower green again. Turbulent’s whirlpool turbine can be installed in most canals or rivers, harnessing flowing water to generate power for as many as 60 homes ...

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 ...