Hydropower | EarthTechling

Is There Hope For Hydropower As The Climate Changes?

As the world gets hotter everywhere, some areas get wetter, more drier, and extreme weather becomes more common, how will the potential of hydropower to generate renewable electricity change? Read more →

by Mat McDermott

New Hydropower At Yellowstone Is All Good

Yellowstone National Park demonstrates that smart microhydro projects can be emissions free and environmentally safe. Read more →

by Pete Danko

Hydro Grows Around The World, And IEA Wants More

A new International Energy Agency report supports the boom in hydropower around the world; in the U.S., the focus is on making existing facilities more efficient. Read more →

by Pete Danko

Wind Beats Hydro, For A Day, In Pacific NW

For several hours on Tuesday, wind turbines were sending more power to the grid than the Pacific Northwest's famous hydroelectric projects. Read more →

by Pete Danko

Three Gorges Dam Is Complete, But Is It ‘Clean’?

The 32nd and final 700-megawatt turbine begins operating at China's Three Gorges Dam as China tries to temper its fossil-fuel appetite. Read more →

by Pete Danko

Iconic Bridge Design Combines Foot Traffic With Hydropower

The Turbine Bridge designed for Amsterdam's Amstel River is a combination pedestrian bridge/hydropower station with its own cafe, powered by its own juice. Read more →

by Susan DeFreitas

Putting Hydropower In Kids’ Hands

The Hydropower Renewable Energy Science Kit teaches your budding genius about the power of moving water to do physical work, generate electricity and more. Read more →

by Susan DeFreitas

Are We On Track To Stop Climate Change?

Fret not, dear reader; EarthTechling columnist Susan Kraemer crunches the numbers and finds the scale-up needed to tackle climate change might be within reach. Read more →

by Susan Kraemer