UPDATE: First-of-its-kind jobs study for the hydropower industry
Following up on its 2009 analysis, independent Navigant Consulting Inc. finds that hydropower can support 1.4 million new cumulative jobs by 2025 with strong federal policy support. Both Western states with project development potential and manufacturing states like Pennsylvania and Ohio stand to gain tens of thousands of jobs if a strong national RES is implemented by 2025.
Learn more, including a state-by-state comparison of job growth under a weak vs. strong national RES, by clicking here.
Registration Open! NHA Northeast Regional Meeting in Manchester, NH on November 16
Please join the National Hydropower Association (NHA) on November 16, 2010, in Manchester, NH for the NHA Northeast Regional Meeting.
Click here to view the announcement. Please visit the events page to register.
NHA Applauds FERC-Colorado MOU on Small Hydro
MOU creates a path to more federal-state licensing efficiency
Click here to view the statement.
Registration Open! NHA Small Hydro Council Workshop in Manchester, NH on November 17
Please join the National Hydropower Association (NHA) and the Small Hydro Council on November 17, 2010, in Manchester, NH for the NHA Small Hydro Council Workshop.
Click here to view the announcement. Please visit the events page to register.
NHA Statement on Loan Guarantee Funding
Click here to view the statement.
NHA Applauds House Hearing on Small Hydro
Water and Power Subcommittee looks at important energy resource
Click here to view the statement.
Hydro Industry Calls on Congress to Support Hydropower
Click here to view the letter from NHA members calling for immediate action on legislation to grow America’s largest renewable energy resource. To view NHA’s statement on the letter, click here.
NHA Small Hydro Council Releases Initial Report
NHA Small Hydro Council has worked for over a year to develop a report to address barriers to small hydro development in the United States. This has resulted in a list of policy, regulatory, and legislative changes that could be implemented to spur small hydro development. Proposed solutions include a two-year licensing process for certain new hydro at existing dams, improvements to the capacity amendment and exemption processes and modification of Preliminary Permit process to accommodate licensing, among others.
Click here to view the initial report.
NHA Statement on the Hydropower Improvement Act of 2010
Bipartisan bill supports clean, reliable, domestic hydropower development
Click here to view the statement.
Registration Open! NHA California Regional Meeting Meeting in Sacramento, CA on October 12
Please join the National Hydropower Association (NHA) on October 12, 2010, in Sacramento, California for the NHA California Regional Meeting.
Click here to view the announcement. Please visit the events page to register.
Registration Open! Hydraulic Power Committee Fall Meeting in Tacoma, WA on September 13-15
Please join the National Hydropower Association (NHA) on September 13-15, 2010, in Tacoma, Washington for the HPC Fall Meeting.
Click here to view the announcement. Please visit the events page to register.
NHA Reacts to Kerry-Lieberman Proposal
Legislation advances the debate on the nation’s energy policy
Click here to read the statement.
NHA Applauds Launch of Holtwood Expansion
Project will create 200 jobs and more than double the plant's clean-energy generation
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NHA Names Sen. Patty Murray Legislator of the Year
Murray is a champion of hydro's energy, environmental, and economic benefits
Click here to read the statement.
NHA Presents Henwood Award to American Hydro's Selim Chacour
Award honors Chacour’s dedication, innovation, and contribution to hydro industry
Click here to read the statement.
NHA Announces 2010 Past Presidents' Legacy Scholarship Program Winner
Namratha Gudemaranahalli of Morgantown, WV, is the 2010 recipient
Click here to read the statement.
America’s hydropower industry converges on Washington to stake a claim for country’s largest renewable energy source
Gathering focuses on job creation, new technologies and hydropower’s place in a clean economy
Click here to read the statement.
NHA Recognizes Three Hydropower Projects for Outstanding Stewardship
OSAW Awards Highlight Exceptional Achievements in Hydro Industry
Click here to read the statement.
NHA Statement Applauding New FERC Tools for Small Hydro Development
Click here to read the statement.
NHA applauds DOE-DOI-Army Corps plan to promote hydropower
Industry agrees with Secretary Chu: "I'm for hydropower, because I'm an environmentalist"
Click here to read the release.
NHA Applauds Napolitano and McClintock Comments about Hydro
Water and Power Subcommittee members recognize hydropower's contributions
Click here to read the statement.
NHA Congratulates Olympics on Going Green with Hydropower
21st Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver achieve "carbon neutral" status.
Click here to read the statement.
Hydro Research Foundation Announces Hydro Fellowship Program
Funded by a grant from the Department of Energy, the HRF will be awarding 25 hydro fellowships to graduate level students over the next three years.
Click here to visit the HRF website.
NHA Welcomes New Leadership and Board Members
Grant PUD’s Munro Re-elected as NHA’s 2010-2011 President.
Click here to read the press release.
American Rivers and NHA Pleased to Host Workshop on Climate Change and Hydropower
Scientists, industry, conservationists, and regulators share views on the future.
Click here to read the press release.
NHA Statement on Recovery Act Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits Program
NHA applauds the White House for awarding $2.3 billion to clean-tech manufacturers last week, including three NHA member companies.
Click here to read the statement.
NHA Praises Insights on Pumped Storage from Murkowski, Wyden, and Wellinghoff
Comments came yesterday as part of Senate Energy and Natural Resources Hearing.
Click here to view the press release.
NHA Salutes Sen. Murray and Under Secretary Johnson for Hydro Remarks
Hydro Energy, Jobs, and Environmental Benefits Focus of Washington Forum.
Click here to view the press release.
NHA Applauds FERC Workshop, Offers Recommendations on Small Hydro
Small hydro is a major part of industry effort to create 700,000 more jobs by 2025.
Click here to see the press release. And click here to read Linda Church Ciocci's remarks from the workshop.
NHA's Church Ciocci Named One of International Hydro Industry's All-Time Most Influential People
Linda Church Ciocci only woman on International Water Power & Dam Construction's list. Click here to read the statement.
NHA Applauds Funding for Federal Waterpower Program
Recently approved $50 million funding will increase the 2009 levels by 25 percent. Click here to read the statement.
Another Step Toward Doubling Hydropower: DOE Announces Recovery Act Funding for 7 Facilities
Cost-shared projects will increase production and improve environmental performance.
Click here to read the statement.
NHA applauds $531 million federal hydropower investment
CREBs funding key to building new resources and jobs.
Click here to read the statement.
NHA releases first of its kind jobs study
Click here to see the October 2009 jobs study webpage.
Click here to view the executive summary of the October 2009 Navigant jobs study.
The National Hydropower Association, founded in 1983, is the only trade association
in the United States dedicated exclusively to advancing the interests of hydropower energy in North America. Located in Washington, D.C., NHA is a member-driven association that accomplishes its policy work and outreach through the initiatives of its standing
committees.
Hydropower
Is the power of moving water and comes in many forms from conventional to new emerging technologies of ocean, wave, tidal and hydrokinetic energy. Hydropower is a domestic source of clean, renewable, reliable and affordable electricity. It is more than electricity. Hydropower also provides recreational enhancements, flood control, and irrigation. It is an extremely important energy source that has significant growth opportunity in helping the nation meet new energy supply with a reliable and low-emitting, home-grown energy source. Hydropower is clean energy for a secure future.
No other energy source offers so many advantages.
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