Five conservation groups argue that too much water is being diverted from the river, hurting habitat and recreational ...

How to replace the Lower Snake River dams, and their services, is one of the most important policy questions facing the Pacific Northwest.

The century-old dam on the Susquehanna River doesn't look like an energy source of the future. Weeds sprout out of cracks in the weathered Holtwood Hydroelectric Dam, 12 miles upriver from ...

Wind farms and hydroelectric dams stand as giants in the realm of renewable energy, each harnessing natural forces to ...

Hydroelectric dams are usually major infrastructure projects that costs tens of millions of dollars to construct. But they don’t have to be — you can build your own at home, using LEGO,… ...

The Three Gorges Dam, spanning the Yangtze River in China, currently holds the world title for installed capacity and annual hydroelectricity generation, producing between 95 and 112 TWh every year.

The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. ... News about Hydroelectric Power, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

All told, the state is home to 11 hydroelectric dams that supply approximately 5 percent of its electricity, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

The world’s rarest great ape, discovered only in 2017, will not survive the building of a $1.6 billion hydroelectric power plant and dam in the middle of its remaining habitat in Sumatra ...

The hydroelectric dam decommissions would be a normal “cost of doing business” for Consumers Energy. The State of Michigan would assume ownership at the end of the decommissioning process.

ELKHART — Long-terms plans for two aging hydroelectric dams on the St. Joseph River are under consideration – plans that might include relicensing the facilities and continuing full operations ...