China is no stranger to massive civil engineering projects, but its latest hydropower effort is impressively large, even by ...

North Carolina’s predominant utility is backing away from a long-held plan to double the size of its largest pumped storage ...

Voith Hydro in 2022 replaced four vertical Pelton turbines at Verbund’s 75-year-old 326-GWh Gerlos 1 hydropower facility in Austria with a first-of-its-kind horizontal six-nozzle Pelton turbine.

A major new transmission line that can bring renewable electricity from Quebec to Massachusetts is finally, after a whole lot ...

Blocked passages for fish and turbine-induced mortality of downstream migrating fish are major environmental issues for hydropower projects. Direct spillage is one method to protect downstream fish ...

A pioneering horizontal, six-nozzle Pelton turbine developed by Voith Hydro at the 326-GWh Gerlos 1 pumped storage facility in the Ziller Valley, Austria, is setting new benchmarks for the ...

At first glance, the potential for hydropower in the U.S. seems limited. Of the country’s 84,000 dams, only a small fraction produce hydropower, and the country seems to have an appetite for tearing ...

Hydropower is currently the world’s largest source of renewable energy. As countries push for decarbonization and hydropower remains a critical player in the energy transition, GE Vernova Inc. (GEV) ...

Droughts linked to climate change are reducing water flow in rivers and reservoirs, causing significant drops in hydropower production worldwide. Countries heavily reliant on hydropower, like China, ...

Avangrid CEO José Antonio Miranda. The US arm of the Iberdrola Group, via its Central Maine Power subsidiary, developed New ...

These surprisingly powerful devices can turn the power of running water into current. By Stan Horaczek Updated Apr 9, 2024 10:35 PM EDT We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and ...