Can the potential energy of water flowing through the pipes in everyday buildings be captured and harnessed? That’s precisely what a team of student researchers in the Master of Architecture program ...

Japan’s Ricoh has designed a micro hydropower system for sewage plants that could potentially be used in combination with ground-mounted solar or floating PV. The system features a sustainable water ...

The hydropower projects scheduled to reach completion or commissioning in 2026 highlight how the sector’s priorities have ...

Hydropower systems have long served as a cornerstone of renewable energy, combining traditional engineering with modern control methodologies to ensure efficiency and stability in power generation.

The Hydropower Improvement Act of 2011 (S. 629) was introduced last week by Energy and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and co-sponsored by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR). The ...

Pumps as turbine (PaT) systems represent an innovative solution in hydropower generation, converting readily available pump components into efficient energy converters in reverse operation. Such ...

This is the third in a series of posts about how system-scale perspectives are vital to the planning and development of sustainable power systems, including hydropower. This post will focus on how ...

The federal government will fund 17 projects across the U.S. to expand access to renewable energy on Native American reservations and in other rural areas, the Biden administration announced on ...

This is the fourth in a series of posts about how system-scale perspectives are vital to the planning and development of sustainable power systems, including hydropower. The previous post focused on ...

Renewable energy advocate Christopher Ononukwe has called on the Imo State Government to prioritize the development of small hydropower (SHP) as a sustainable solution to the state’s persistent ...

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 ...