- | Innovation/Technology
Pumped Hydro Storage: Enabling the Energy Transition
Pumped storage hydropower plants can play a defining role in the energy transition, thanks to the balancing and system…
- | Innovation/Technology
Black Start: Hydropower is the Guardian of the Grid
U.S. hydropower provides about 40% of the black start resources. Hydropower for important for grid reliability in the event of…
- | Innovation/Technology
New Hydropower Under Construction in Rhode Island
New England Hydropower Company (NEHC) officially broke ground the week of May 10, 2021, on its second new hydro…
- | Innovation/Technology
Adding Electric Power to Existing Dams – How to Achieve a Trifecta
The 80,000 dams across the United States that do not have a hydropower generating component present a unique opportunity.…
- | Innovation/Technology
Generator and Turbine Fitness-For-Service Evaluations and Repair Support
Hydropower owners and operators face integrated challenges: improve equipment reliability, minimize unplanned outages, improve generation, and reduce costs.
- | Innovation/Technology
Mechanical Governor Overhaul or Upgrade? Legacy Control Systems One Hundred Years Later
Mechanical governors have been the stalwart hydroelectric control system for over a century. The reliability and longevity of these…
- | Innovation/Technology
The Pump Won’t Prime Itself: Handing over the Passion of Hydropower to the Future Generations
Working for Hydropower is working for a crucial purpose: managing two essentials that some of us are lucky to take…
- | Electricity Markets
With hydropower plus batteries, 1+1 may equal 5
Hydropower is America’s first renewable resource and continues to provide 40% of the nation’s clean electricity. For centuries, humans…
- | Innovation/Technology
Pairing Batteries and Hydropower – Join the Discussion on Thursday
The National Hydropower Association (NHA) has teamed with the Energy Storage Association (ESA) to offer an insightful discussion about…
- | Innovation/Technology
Eaton Provides Training Options in a Socially Distant World
Rewind to March 2020. When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit, it seemed overnight that trade shows were cancelled, employees…
- | Innovation/Technology
Industry Leaders Share Insight about Innovation and Its Importance to the Future of Waterpower
Innovation is defined as a new idea, method, or device. Application of innovation often is the way to solve…
- | Innovation/Technology
U.S. Hydropower Economics Insights: Turbine Supply Chain Trends
For people within the waterpower industry, no three names are more synonymous with hydropower than Francis, Kaplan and Pelton…
- | Innovation/Technology
Department of Energy Seeks Hydro Industry Input on Digital Twin Technology
The U.S. Department of Energy is funding two national laboratories to initiate efforts toward development of an open platform…
- | Innovation/Technology
New Online Waterpower Research Portal Is First-of-Its-Kind Search Tool
The National Hydropower Association (NHA) announces availability of a new online search tool, the Waterpower Research Portal, known as…
- | Innovation/Technology
Join February 2 Discussion on Applying Digital Tools to Modernize Aging Hydro Fleets
Hydro plant owners are looking to get more out of their existing – and aging – hydropower assets. Through…