Water Power News

As a source of energy, ocean waves are particularly complicated. On one hand, waves possess immense power—that’s a good thing for making electricity.

Two projects will continue with $7.5 million ($3.75 million each) in second-phase funding from the Energy Department.

New technologies are necessary to understand and improve fish migrations in rivers with hydropower projects.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has deployed buoys with high-accuracy sensors to record wave and tide movement off the coasts of Oregon and Maine, in areas known to be potential hot spots for marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) energy development.

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

Program helps small businesses tap into the intellectual and technical resources they need to overcome critical technology challenges.

The Energy Department's Small Business Vouchers (SBV) Pilot program gives our nation's clean-tech small businesses the opportunity to take their innovative products to the next level.

Ocean Energy Systems Releases Annual Report on the Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Industry

Sandia National Laboratories and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory developed the WEC Design Response Toolbox (WDRT) as an open-source analysis tool that provides industry with the ability to perform extreme response and fatigue analyses.

The Energy Department today announced six organizations selected to receive up to $9.8 million in funding to develop innovative technologies that will reduce capital costs and deployment timelines for pumped-storage hydropower and non-powered dams.