Anna Lueck / OPB Persistent drought in the West over the last two decades has limited the amount of electricity that hydropower dams can generate, costing the industry and the region billions of ...

The middle reaches of the Yangtze River Basin are home to numerous run-of-river hydropower stations, which have made significant contributions to regional economic development. However, the operation ...

Complexity is a product of building the system over years. Chiggers Stokes created DIY Hydropower for his remote off-grid cabin and learned hard lessons along the way. In July of 1978, on the Olympic ...

As the oldest renewable energy resource, hydropower is well-established as a reliable source of dispatchable energy. Yet, it is often overlooked and taken for granted. It’s commonly believed that ...

Hydropower dams aren’t sustainable—they destroy ecosystems, worsen climate change, and rely on rainfall patterns they help disrupt. Across the world, they’re drying up, failing to deliver clean energy ...

This video showcases a mini construction project focused on building a hydroelectric dam. It covers the science behind hydroelectric energy as well as the construction techniques used in creating the ...