Digital models and sensors help hydropower plants balance energy production with the health of the rivers they depend on.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this engaging and educational DIY project, creator Muhammad Ahmad demonstrates how to build a mini hydropower generator using ...

The world's largest impulse hydropower unit completed its rotor hoisting at the Datang Zhala Hydropower Station in Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on Tuesday, CCTV News reported. It marks ...

The theory behind hydropower is very simple: water obeys gravity and imparts the gained kinetic energy onto a turbine, which subsequently drives a generator. The devil here is, of course, in all the ...

After a near 50 year lifespan, Barron Gorge’s hydro generator insulation systems needed to be rewound and upgraded. The Queensland, Australia based power station has been operating in a World Heritage ...

In May, U.S. national laboratories Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) partnered with regulated utility Idaho Power to determine the viability of ...

Travelers Tale builds a DIY micro-hydroelectric generator using a modified alternator, hose, and a nearby stream to generate sustainable electrical power without solar panels.

Valmet has been selected to deliver a Valmet DNAe Distributed Control System to Kainuun Voima’s Koivukoski II, Koivukoski III ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- 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. Emily Morris ...

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced more than $3.5 million for 18 hydropower and marine energy projects as part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business ...

As the gates leading from Sam Rayburn Lake open, the water rushes towards the Kaplan turbines some 100’ below. The river begins to rise and swell below the dam as the ground below your feet vibrates ...