- Powerhouse Article
| Project DevelopmentHow California Hydropower Operators are Innovating to Prevent Wildfires
California hydropower owners are preventing catastrophic wildfires by utilizing financial tools, partnerships, and hazard reduction projects. Find out how…
- Powerhouse Article | Project Development
Navigating the Pumped-Storage Development Life Cycle
The need for energy storage is growing in response to the continued development of renewable energy sources (e.g., wind…
- Powerhouse Article | Innovation/Technology
Adding 280 MW of New Hydropower by Upgrading an Existing Plant
In the quiet hills of South Carolina, work is underway to ultimately create 280 MW of new hydroelectric power…
- Powerhouse Article | Electricity Markets
New Variable-Speed Pumped Storage Projects Will Provide Huge Value to U.S. Transmission Grid
New results from a study of how pumped storage contributes in a low-carbon grid show that CO2 emissions would…
- Powerhouse Article | Innovation/Technology
Pumped Storage Hydro Could Hold Key to Western Interconnection “Renewables Rush”
A new study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) found that hydropower could hold the key to…
- Powerhouse Article | Electricity Markets
Beyond Chest-Thumping: What Do We Need To Build More Pumped Storage Hydro?
At a session during the recent Clean Currents 2021 Conference + Tradeshow in Atlanta, a group of speakers dug…
- Powerhouse Article | Project Development
- Powerhouse Article | Electricity Markets
New Guidebook To Help Markets Policy Makers Understand Value of Pumped Storage
NHA's Pumped Storage Development Council recently released its third iteration of a pumped storage report outlining the technology's past…
- Powerhouse Article | Project Development
FERC Approves First Preliminary Permit for a Pumped Storage Project in Texas
At its September 2021 meeting, FERC gave Solia 9 Hydroelectric, LLC (Solia 9) the green light to continue developing…
- Powerhouse Article | Innovation/Technology
Highlighting Alaska’s Ingenuity, Long-Term Commitment to Waterpower
In this article, we provide a glimpse of the impressive work occurring in Alaska, including building several new hydro…
- Powerhouse Article | Project Development
Recent Changes to DOE’s Loan Program Could Boost New Hydro and Pumped Storage
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm’s choice for director of the loan program office could not have come…
- Powerhouse Article | Policy Drivers
Snapshot of the U.S. Hydropower and Pumped Storage Development Pipeline
As Congress debates an infrastructure bill, and the United Nation’s warns climate change is “code red” for humanity, it’s…
- Powerhouse Article | Project Development
Funds for Pumped Storage Hydro Expected To Help Propel California’s Clean Energy Future
Proposed 500-MW San Diego pumped storage project would bring significant value to a California grid that is starving for…
- Powerhouse Article | Project Development
FERC Order for Studying New Pumped Storage Project Points to Need for Long-Duration Storage
The issuance of a preliminary permit for the proposed 2,650-MW Halverson Canyon hydro project is the latest indication that…
- Powerhouse Article | Project Development
Modular Approach Unlocks the Potential of Low Head Hydropower
A new modular powerhouse, however, gives developers and owners the key they’ve needed to unlock its significant potential.
- Powerhouse Article | Marine Energy
New York Tidal Energy Project To Be Highlighted during July Waterpower Meeting in Niagara
Verdant Power installed three tidal power turbines in New York’s East River. The project will be one of the…
- Powerhouse Article | Policy Drivers
New Electricity Purchasing Strategy a Boon for Hydro? Google’s First Hydro Deal Points to ‘Yes’
Google enters into an agreement with a hydropower resource to power one if its data centers in Virginia.
- Powerhouse Article | 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…
- Powerhouse Article | Project Development
Going for the Green: Financing New Hydropower at Existing Dams
Examining project financing trends, market drivers and challenges to adding generation to non-powered dams
- Powerhouse Article | 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.…
