- | 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…
- | 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…
- | 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…
- | 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…
- | 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…
- | 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…
- | 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…
- | 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.
- | 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…
- | 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.
- | 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…
- | 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
- | 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.…
- | Project Development
Want to Capture the Full Value of Pumped Storage Hydro? It’s No Easy Task
In its recently issued Pumped Storage Hydropower Valuation Guidebook, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) provides a manual of…
- | Project Development
Red Rock Hydroelectric Project: A Model for the Future of Clean Energy
Today, the 36.4-megawatt (MW) rated Red Rock Hydroelectric Project is completed and waiting for final wet commissioning in March…