Hydropower News

Selections include more than $8.6 million for 13 hydropower technical assistance projects and nearly $25 million for 25 hydropower and marine energy research and development projects at six DOE national laboratories.

The 25 projects selected through the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer program will help to accelerate the growth of hydropower and marine energy innovation and technology.

The Water Power Technologies Office hosted a stakeholder webinar in August 2024 that focused on potential uses for artificial intelligence and machine learning in water power.

The Water Power Technologies Office opened applications for the second phase of the Hydropower Testing Network, inviting hydropower technology developers to apply to receive testing support from the network of 18 test facilities.

Students from the Hydropower Collegiate Competition and Marine Energy Collegiate Competition winning teams discuss how they connected with students and local groups in their communities to inspire and encourage learning about water power and renewable energy.

The U.S. Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) program enabled the University of Washington to test environmental monitoring technologies to better understand how marine life interacts with deployed devices.

Flip through to see the many types of hydropower facilities and technologies that sustain communities across the United States.

The Water Power Technologies Office invested more than $41 million in the four university-led National Marine Energy Centers to help strengthen and expand marine energy research and development and bolster testing infrastructure.

The U.S. Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) program helped E-Wave Technologies develop a wave energy converter from concept to test-validated device.

Each team was awarded $80,000 for showcasing the performance capabilities and characteristics of their distributed embedded energy converter technology concepts to harness and convert the power of ocean waves into usable types of energy.