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Resource assessments conducted by the Water Power Technologies Office

Pumped storage hydropower (PSH) is one of the most-common and well-established types of energy storage technologies and currently accounts for 96% of all utility-scale energy storage capacity in the United States.

The Hydropower Market Reports provide a comprehensive picture of developments in the U.S. hydropower and pumped storage hydropower fleet and industry trends.

Hydropower, otherwise known as hydroelectric power, offers a number of advantages to the communities that they serve.

Pumped storage hydropower (PSH) is a type of hydroelectric energy storage. It is a configuration of two water reservoirs at different elevations that can generate power as water moves down from one to the other (discharge), passing through a turbine.

Hydropower, or hydroelectric power, is one of the oldest and largest sources of renewable energy, which uses the natural flow of moving water to generate electricity.

Materials scientists and engineers develop, process, and test materials for marine energy components and technologies.

Power schedulers work for utilities, selling and purchasing power in a cost-effective way, both in real-time and a day ahead, based on the hourly fluctuations in the power market.