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Hydropower accounts for about 6% of the nation’s electricity, generating renewable energy for American homes and businesses

In April 2015, the Native Village of Akutan requested technical assistance from the DOE Office of Indian Energy.

Four reasons why hydropower plays a major role in maintaining the reliability and resiliency of the U.S. power grid.

The Department of Energy today announced the issuance of a Record of Decision and Presidential Permit for the New England Clean Power Link. The 154-mile underground and underwater direct current transmission line will bring up to 1000 megawatts of hydr...

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has worked with Whooshh Innovations on an inventive project demonstrating a fish-friendly transport syste...

In order to understand how fish swim through rivers, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has developed an injectable tracking device, know...

Hydropower has been around for more than a century and is currently the nation's largest source of clean, domestic renewable electricity. Our new Hydropower Vision report explores how it could grow by 2050.

Harnessing the power of water to generate electricity means finding new locations that can be upgraded with hydropower technology. The Energy Department is opening applications for a new round of funding to identify facilities that might be capable of ...

When it comes to marine and hydrokinetic technology development, the Department of Energy (DOE) offers deep capabilities and wide possibilities.