Sunday, May 26, 2013
It is a hulking mass of concrete, built to perform a delicate task.
On February 17, 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law a $787 billion economic stimulus package. This law included financial incentives for the development of some hydropower...
Developers of small hydropower projects are seeking big changes in the way their projects are permitted and licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
The idea of harnessing the vast power of Earth's oceans has fascinated and tantalized humans for centuries. Today, we may be on the cusp of realizing this potential.
Proponents of wave and tidal power say these renewable energy technologies have great potential but still must prove themselves before they can be widely deployed.
It seems one measureable effect of global warming – or the fear of global warming – has been a thaw in the chilly relations between U.S. politicians and the hydroelectric industry. For the first time since the rise of the environmentalist movement in...
From 1998 to 2002, several U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hydroelectric powerhouses experienced operational problems following the replacement of worn-out oil with new turbine oils and/or mixing in-service oil with new turbine oils.
The 32.4-MW Vernon hydroelectric project is celebrating its centennial of operation in 2009. This project, which spans the Connecticut River between Vermont and New Hampshire, was built 100 years ago to provide electricity to meet growing demand in manufacturing...
Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River in Arizona was completed in 1963, and the 1,312-MW powerhouse began operating in 1964. The primary purposes of this dam, as set forth in the 1956 Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) Act, are to store and release...
Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, Washington (Grant County PUD) owns and operates two large hydroelectric facilities — 855-MW Priest Rapids and 1,038-MW Wanapum — on the Columbia River. Together these two facilities comprise the PUD's Priest...
