Hydropower News

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.

A new study found that tidal energy could help Alaska decarbonize its largest electrical grid by 2035.

Madeline Nelson, a project manager in the field of rope access geohazard mitigation, discusses her diverse career path that led to scaling rock walls and keeping hydropower dams safe.

A robust domestic supply chain is critical to ensure hydropower can continue to provide reliable, clean electricity to homes and businesses. Learn about the hydropower community’s insights on strategies to secure and encourage domestic manufacturing.

The Water Power Technologies Office announced 16 hydropower and 12 marine energy projects at the U.S. Department of Energy’s national laboratories. These projects will advance water power technologies and their roles in achieving clean energy goals.

This World Oceans Day, join the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office in celebrating the many people who are advancing ocean energy technologies.