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| Innovation/TechnologyNew Water Power Facts Online Tool Connects the Industry to a Repository of Data
National Hydropower Association recently created the Water Power Facts online tool, providing the industry, and those affecting/interested in water…
- Powerhouse Article | Project Operations
What’s Keeping You Up at Night?
With over five decades of expertise in the hydropower sector, Kleinschmidt Associates has built a reputation for supporting dam…
- Powerhouse Article | Innovation/Technology
Extending the Lifespan of Hydropower Plants
Modernizing a hydro plant's assets is crucial for maximizing the plant's lifespan and ensuring reliable and sustainable energy generation.…
- Powerhouse Article | Innovation/Technology
Protecting Eels and Generating Hydropower: Understanding the Interplay
Over the last six decades, global hydropower capacity has more than doubled; yet, at the same time, migratory fish…
- Powerhouse Article | Innovation/Technology
Why REEL COH Inc. Is The Custom Material Handling Equipment Company You Need
With over 150 installations around North America – powerhouse cranes, draft tube, gate hoists, spillway & intake gantry cranes…
- Powerhouse Article | Project Operations
How the Upward Trend in Non-Capacity Amendments Delays Hydropower Modernization
For decades, the hydro industry has prioritized licensing and permitting reform, as many inefficiencies in the status quo regulatory…
- Powerhouse Article | Project Operations
The Throttling Knife Gate Valve in Hydro Applications
Recognizing the need for an economical, lower head alternative to the more costly, high head jet flow gate, the…
- Powerhouse Article | People
How Resilient Is Your Workforce?
Just like hydropower’s evolving role in the grid, the hydropower workforce is also changing. With increasing rates of retirement…
- Powerhouse Article | Project Operations
New Endangered Species Act Regulations: How Are You Affected?
Last month, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service (Services) published three rules in the…
- Powerhouse Article | Events
Experience How Small Hydro is Innovating Irrigation During Clean Currents
During this year's Clean Currents in Portland, Oregon, on Monday morning, October 7, attendees will be able to take…
- Powerhouse Article | Events
Visit Washington’s Tallest Dam During Clean Currents
During NHA's upcoming (October 7-10) Clean Currents conference + tradeshow in Portland, Oregon, attendees will have the opportunity to…
- Powerhouse Article | Innovation/Technology
How an Oregon Hydro Project’s Fish Passage Data Helps Inform the Industry
The Monroe Drop project, located in central Oregon, provides a compelling case study of how hydropower can prioritize both…
- Powerhouse Article | Project Operations
How to Boost Operational Excellence to Secure Hydropower’s Place in the Energy Transition, Part 2: Program Management
In this 2-part article series, Black & Veatch looks inside the hydropower operation to reveal opportunities to revitalize the…
- Powerhouse Article | Innovation/Technology
Maximize Your Capital Expenditure and Optimize Hydro Asset Performance
Mechanical governors have been the steadfast hydroelectric control system for over a century. The reliability and longevity of these…
- Powerhouse Article | Project Operations
How the Pacific Northwest’s Federal Hydro System Powered the Region Through an Arctic Blast
In the Pacific Northwest, where severe winter storms are occurring with increasing regularity, clean energy resources like hydropower serve…
- Powerhouse Article | Project Operations
To Be or Not to Be…That is the Dam Question
"To be or not to be,"...Some dam owners may struggle with a similar thought process of rehabilitating aging infrastructure…
- Powerhouse Article | Events
Grand River Dam Authority Helps Communities Understand Water Quality Impact; Wins OSAW Award
At Clean Currents last October, Grand River Dam Authority was honored for the organization's "Beyond the Dam – Improving…
- Powerhouse Article | Policy Drivers
How Existing Hydropower Could Benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act
The Inflation Reduction Act, signed in 2022, provides tax credits for new generation, but determining how to apply tax…
- Powerhouse Article | Project Operations
How to Boost Operational Excellence to Secure Hydropower’s Place in the Energy Transition, Part 1: Asset Management
In this two-part article series, Black & Veatch looks inside hydropower operations to reveal opportunities to revitalize the industry…
- Powerhouse Article | Project Operations
How to Keep the Grid Stable When Units Isolate
Grid stability is critically dependent upon hydro units performing under abnormal circumstances. Much research has been done on the…
