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Below are stories about hydropower featured by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) today released its 2021–2022 Accomplishments Report.
The Water Power Technologies Office recently released its 2022 Peer Review Report, which includes feedback and recommendations from a team of independent experts who evaluated WPTO-funded projects across the Hydropower and Marine Energy programs.
With technical assistance from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project, the town of Dillingham, Alaska is considering a hydropower project to help the community reach its energy resilience and environmental goals.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office shares a few of the many successes its experts, labs, and partners achieved in the last year in reflecting on 2022 and looking ahead to 2023.
WPTO today announced over $16 million in new projects to further hydropower and marine energy research and development. These awards encompass $5.6 million for hydropower and $10.5 million for marine energy projects across six national laboratories.
Since winning the Furthering Advancements to Shorten Time Commissioning for Pumped Storage Hydropower Prize in 2019, three teams continued testing, completed further analysis, and identified potential sites for their technologies.
On Dec. 1, 2022, WPTO will host a webinar to explore the water power topics in Phase One of the Fiscal Year 2023 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Program. Speakers will discuss these topics and answer questions.
WPTO announced an opportunity for hydropower developers and other stakeholders to receive technical assistance to address valuation hurdles in pumped storage hydropower project development and for challenges related to the HydroWIRES mission.
This National STEM Day, the Water Power Technologies Office is featuring resources, tools, and opportunities that can help you pursue a clean energy career in water power.
$4 million funding opportunity aims to reduce the environmental impacts of hydropower with research to advance innovative fish passage and protection technologies.