Hydropower facilities are dependent on being located near sources of water, but there’s potential for further construction both inland and in coastal waters.

Blocked passages for fish and turbine-induced mortality of downstream migrating fish are major environmental issues for hydropower projects. Direct spillage is one method to protect downstream fish ...

A pioneering horizontal, six-nozzle Pelton turbine developed by Voith Hydro at the 326-GWh Gerlos 1 pumped storage facility in the Ziller Valley, Austria, is setting new benchmarks for the ...

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Wisconsin startup Cadens have developed 3D-printed turbines they say can reduce hydropower costs by up to 40% per kilowatt, with the added ability to ...

The United Kingdom is reviving large-scale pumped hydropower to improve energy storage, strengthen grid reliability, enhance ...

While still a couple years away from going live, China has just unveiled two turbines so massive it's hard to comprehend. With an outer diameter of 20 ft, 5 in (6.2 m), each turbine weighs 80 tons, is ...