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Below are stories about hydropower featured by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office.
The Energy Department today announced $7 million in funding for the research and development of innovative technologies for low-impact hydropower systems. This funding will help advance hydropower drivetrains, which transfer rotational energy from turb...

Today, we celebrate World Water Day 2021, and the theme of this global campaign, is ‘what does water mean to you?’
The Energy Department today announced a total of $4.4 million for two projects in Michigan and Pennsylvania to support the use of advanced materials and manufacturing techniques in the development of new “low-head” hydropower technologies.
The Department of Energy is currently inviting comments from the general public on revised guidance relating to the implementation of Section 242 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the “Hydroelectric Production Incentive Program.”
The Energy Department today announced $4.4 million to support the application of advanced materials and manufacturing techniques to the development...