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- Policy Priority
Advocacy Day at NHA’s Waterpower Week Featured Visits to Over 100 House and Senate Offices
Advocacy topics included license reform, marine energy, appropriations & tax credits for the existing hydro fleet. Read more about NHA's policy priorities HERE!
- Press Releases
Legislators Honored by NHA for Championing Hydropower in Congress
Lawmakers are recognized for their leadership in maintaining and expanding the U.S. hydropower fleeet
- Communications & Advocacy
NHA’s “Below the Surface” Ad Campaign – Hydro Industry Raises Its Voice on Benefits to Communities
- Annual Reports
NHA Marine Energy Council Published Second Edition of the Marine Energy Priorities Position Paper
Through a survey with MEC members, this paper lays out common priorities for technology and project developers across the range of Marine Energy resources and …
- Annual Reports
Second Annual “Ear to the River” Survey Reveals Key Insights into the North American Hydroelectric Industry
One of three key findings from the survey was 75% of respondents said the retirement of skilled craft/trade and engineering talent was a “major or moderate” co…
- Industry News
U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydropower and Marine Energy Collegiate Competition Finale at NHA’s Waterpower Week
Endicott College and University of New Hampshire were the overall winners of the inaugural Hydropower Collegiate Competition and the fourth annual Marine Energ…
Discover Waterpower
- Hydropower
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America’s first renewable provides clean, carbon-free energy to roughly 30 million homes, and 40 percent of U.S. renewable electricity, all while providing the flexibility needed to integrate increasing amounts of wind and solar onto the grid.
- Pumped Storage
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Pumped storage is the nation’s "water battery". Representing 92 percent of energy storage in America, it helps to balance the flow of power across transmission networks by absorbing excess when electricity demand is low and releasing it when it increases.
- Marine Energy
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Marine Energy - America’s next gen renewable - consists of wave, tidal, ocean current, riverine, and ocean thermal energy conversion/salinity gradients technologies, all capable of providing predictable, consistent and affordable clean electricity.
Hydropower Is Clean, Renewable Energy
For more than a century, Hydropower has generated clean, renewable electricity. The history of hydropower is deeply woven within the fabric of communities throughout this nation. It powered the textile mills in Lowell, Massachusetts during the Industrial Revolution, and produced the electricity needed to make aluminum for the U.S. military in World War II. And, in addition to homes and businesses, it provides tech companies and data centers with affordable and reliable energy. Today stands ready to build a more resilient, sustainable economy powered by a carbon free electricity grid.
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NHA Operational Excellence Program
OpEx program is a event reporting system that receives, distributes, archives, and catalogs best practices and lessons learned.
