- | Policy Drivers
Certifying Hydropower as Low Impact
The Low Impact Hydropower Institute (LIHI) has been certifying hydropower sites as ‘low impact’ since 1999. Shannon Ames, executive…
- | Policy Drivers
A Call for Participation: Help Build Hydro’s Roadmap to the Future
Take part in identifying the activities that will guide hydropower on its critical path to the clean energy future.…
- | Project Development
Small Hydro Reduces Diesel Dependence in Alaska
This story from King Cove, Alaska, describes how developing two small hydro projects allowed the community to move away…
- | Events
What Was Top of Mind for Waterpower in 2022?
The National Hydropower Association looks back at the five most read POWERHOUSE articles of 2022 to provide readers with…
- | Project Development
Building New Hydro at an Existing Water Supply Lake in Texas
The Inflation Reduction Act has incentivized adding hydro generation onto dams. Learn how the East Texas Electric Co-Op built…
- | Project Development
How Hydropower Asset Owners Manage the Effects of Extreme Weather
Extreme weather has become more frequent, and learning how to mitigate damage potential is critical to hydro asset owners…
- | Events
Save the Date! December 5-6: NHA Southeast Regional Meeting in Chattanooga, Tennessee
NHA’s Southeast Regional Meeting takes place in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in early December. The event provides peer networking for the…
- | Policy Drivers
Why is Everyone Talking About Pumped Storage Hydropower?
Pumped storage hydropower’s celebrity is on the rise. With the IRA’s Investment Tax Credit support and an increased profile…
- | Project Development
Getting More Generation from Turn of the Century Facilities
Bright Magazine, a publication of NorthWestern Energy, covered the importance of upgrading their hydropower facilities as a way of…
- | Events
Spotlight on Alaska – Waterpower Opportunities Abound
With two important electric power events occurring in Alaska the week of August 15, 2022, it’s an important time…
- | Events
Thursday Webinar Focuses on Why More Hydro Is Urgently Needed in Clean Energy Transition
Hydropower is necessary for reaching net-zero-carbon targets. This Thursday, 7/28, the IHA is hosting a webinar to highlight how…
- | Policy Drivers
Digging Into the Bipartisan Effort to Improve Corps’ Process for Adding Hydropower Generation Onto Dams
Bipartisan legislation has been introduced to improve the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ process for reviewing applications to retrofit…
- | Project Development
Introducing a Tool for Navigating Stakeholder Discussions in Licensing and Relicensing
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office partnered with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to create an Environmental…
- | Project Development
How 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…
- | 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…
- | 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…
- | 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…
- | 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…
- | 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…
- | Project Development