Hydropower News

Today’s hydropower plants can benefit from leveraging modern technologies. Read more to explore the answers to six questions about what hydropower modernization is, why it’s important, and how DOE is supporting this goal.

The Water Power Technologies Office released its 2022–2023 Accomplishments Report, which showcases more than 40 hydropower and marine energy successes from projects at national laboratories, companies, and academic institutions across the country.

The Water Power Technologies Office and the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education announced five students selected for the Marine Energy Graduate Student Research Program. They will work with mentors to advance their marine energy research.

Jennifer Garson, the outgoing director of the Water Power Technologies Office, shares how saying “OK” to opportunities led her to working in energy and her thoughts on the important role pf water power

A new report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory explores investment opportunities in hydropower.

The Water Power Technologies Office and Minority-Serving Institutions STEM Research and Development Consortium announced nearly $1.2 million for high-impact water power research projects at minority-serving colleges and universities.

Chinmayee Subban, a researcher at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, shares what farmers taught her about water, how marine energy could power carbon capture, and how her daughter helps gauge how relevant her research is to broad audiences.

The U.S. Department of Energy's Water Power Technologies Office today announced the 22 winners of the Make a Splash Photo and Video Contest.

Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory are working to change that through new efforts to understand and predict the amount of methane and carbon dioxide coming from hydropower reservoirs across the United States.

New Advanced Manufacturing and Materials for Hydropower Strategy identifies research and development priorities and will guide the office’s efforts related to hydropower and advanced manufacturing and materials.