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Hydropower facilities need updates to increase efficiency, improve energy reliability, and enhance community and grid resilience.

The new “On the Road with WPTO” series explores the efforts that have taken office staff across the country to meet with researchers, industry representatives, and other stakeholders working in water power.

The Water Power Technologies Office and the Minority-Serving Institutions STEM Research and Development Consortium opened a $1.2 million funding opportunity for promising water power research ideas from minority-serving colleges and universities.

Mirko Musa, an R&D associate staff member at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was always fascinated by the power of rivers and how they sculpt landscapes. Now, he’s finding ways to harness that power and protect rivers at the same time.

Southwestern and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed the first project undertaken in a new partnership between the agencies under the Economy Act.

Public Utilities Specialist Susan Worthington accompanied Southwestern colleagues on a tour of Denison Dam and Powerhouse in November 2022 on assignment from Southwestern Public Affairs.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) today released its 2021–2022 Accomplishments Report.