Hydroelectric

Vermont utility agrees to purchase more than 54 GWh of hydropower in Connecticut

FirstLight’s Shepaug Generating Station is Connecticut’s largest hydroelectric generation station and is also the second largest source of carbon-free electricity in the state.

Georgia Power celebrates plant workers, promotes job opportunities

The utility is celebrating Generation Appreciation Month, a time to recognize its more than 1,100 generation team members.

The US hydropower supply chain is struggling. Here’s how it might recover

A new report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) paints a broad picture of the U.S.’s domestic hydropower supply chain and provides recommendations to improve manufacturing capabilities.

‘The easy jobs are for others’: Utilities discuss challenges and opportunities in hydropower

The HYDROVISION keynote roundtable highlighted issues such as aging infrastructure, supply chain pressures and finding skilled labor.

HYDROVISION attendees visit Carter Lake, Estes Park Hydro plants

Dozens of attendees received a taste of Colorado’s hydropower scene in one of the show’s popular technical tours.

Treasury, IRS issue guidance on clean energy production credits

These new Clean Electricity credits provide incentives for the first time to any clean energy facility that achieves net zero greenhouse gas emissions. The credits also provide the ability for new zero greenhouse gas emissions technologies to develop over time, and are intended to provide long-term clarity and certainty to investors and developers of clean energy projects.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects hydropower to increase in nearly every region, with notable increases in New York and the central U.S. region.

OPG is partnering with GE Vernova to complete the first phase of the $1 billion refurbishment project.

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The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects hydropower to increase in nearly every region, with notable increases in New York and the central U.S. region…

OPG is partnering with GE Vernova to complete the first phase of the $1 billion refurbishment project….

Restoring the Dnipro 2 hydropower project will take years, Ukrhydroenergo said

Dnipro is one of three Ukrhydroenergo hydroelectric projects to be rehabilitated under a memorandum of understanding with the European Investment Bank….

Hydropower investment opportunities in U.S. remain untapped, per NREL report

The new report provides a comprehensive analysis of the risks and opportunities for investing in small- to medium-sized hydropower and pumped storage projects….

Four hydropower projects included in $366 million for clean energy

The selectees will undergo a negotiation process with the U.S. Department of Energy….

DOE funding projects to increase hydropower flexibility

DOE’s Water Power Technologies Office has released a $9.5 million funding opportunity to increase hydropower’s flexibility to balance variable resources….

DOE announces $38 million to support hydropower, releases new Hydropower Vision Roadmap

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that 66 hydro facilities will receive more than $38 million in incentive payments for electricity generated and so…

EIA reduces U.S. hydropower generation forecast by 6% due to weather events

Above-normal temperatures in May in the Pacific Northwest melted snow rapidly, resulting in a significant loss of water supply, measured as snow water equivalen…

FirstLight Power acquiring Hydroméga Services Inc., including 10 hydroelectric projects

FirstLight Power has finalized an agreement to acquire Hydroméga Services Inc., including ownership interest in five hydropower generating stations in Québec …

Idaho Power, national labs team to evaluate hydrogen generation integrated with hydropower

Researchers will also evaluate the potential of using excess oxygen generated by the hydrogen generation process to reoxygenate water in rivers with hydropower …

Hydro-Québec acquires 13 U.S. hydroelectric power stations

HQI US Holding LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hydro-Québec, agreed to acquire Great River Hydro LLC, owner of 13 hydroelectric power stations in the U.S. st…

Industry marks inaugural Global Hydropower Day

Oct. 11 is the first ever Global Hydropower Day, which provides an opportunity to shine a light on the vast human benefits that hydropower can deliver when it i…