Opponents of Consumers Energy's proposed dam sale said there might be another reason a private equity firm wants the aging ...

In a new filing, the state questions Consumers Energy’s rationale for delaying a major Hardy Dam upgrade and says more risk ...

A utility witness acknowledged gaps in data behind dam decommissioning estimates as regulators weigh the proposed sale of 13 ...

A retired Canadian engineer has developed a river-powered water wheel that can generate up to 36 kWh per day under stable ...

Consumers Energy is looking to delay planned safety upgrades at the largest dam in Michigan while it seeks approval of a ...

Hydropower remains one of the most reliable and cost-effective energy sources in the U.S., and theU.S. Army Corps of ...

An EPFL engineer has illustrated some of the complex ways in which climate change will affect hydropower facilities, taking the Gries dam in Valais Canton as a case study. Subscribe to our newsletter ...

Federal regulators have provided early approval of a hydropower megaproject in Nevada, despite local government officials’ ...

News that Lake Powell, a reservoir on the border of Arizona and Utah, is slowly but surely drying up has spread far and wide. Behind the 1,320-megawatt Glen Canyon Dam and power station, Lake Powell ...

A Texas company wants to build a $50 million hydroelectric project at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Saylorville Dam, a move it says would reduce Iowa's reliance on coal to generate electricity.

What’s more important: Tearing down dams that have decimated rivers and driven salmon and other fish toward extinction? Or letting those dams stay up, so they can keep producing carbon-free ...

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