Hydropower News

As a water power intern at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Patrick O’Byrne constructs and studies tidal energy technologies, which are still relatively new but could help the country achieve its clean energy goals.

The Water Power Technologies Office announced $1.2 million to fund 23 marine energy research and development projects at four U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories.

Mark Glick was interested in public policy from an early age. Today, as chief energy officer for the Hawai'i State Energy Office, he supports the state’s clean energy transition with help from water power.

Explore the marine energy projects in the Water Power Technologies Office’s 2021–2022 Accomplishments Report that are helping to expand and diversify the U.S. energy portfolio.

Learn what waves have to do with drinking water and what Waves to Water Prize competitors gleaned from testing their small, modular, wave energy-powered desalination prototypes in North Carolina’s Outer Banks.

Emma Wendt helps Maine's island communities transition more resilient and affordable energy sources often with assistance from the Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project.

WPTO opened applications for the second annual Hydropower Collegiate Competition and fifth annual Marine Energy Collegiate Competition. These competitions help students prepare for jobs in hydropower, marine energy, and related industries.

WPTO launched the Innovating Distributed Embedded Energy Prize, which will award up to $2.3 million to competitors investigating novel technologies for harnessing and converting the power of ocean waves into usable types of energy.

The Water Power Technologies Office and the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education announced five students participating in the next cohort of the Marine Energy Graduate Student Research Program.

The Water Power Technologies Office and the Tennessee Valley Authority signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance collaboration on hydropower technology development.