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Jake Herb grew up where trucks belched next to horses and buggies. Recently, as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Science and Technology Policy fellow, he helped develop programs to advance water power technology.
January 24, 2023
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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.
January 17, 2023
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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.
January 13, 2023
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In 2015, Sarah Moore traveled to a rural Bolivian community to install solar-powered showers and latrines. Now a 2021 American Association for the Advancement of Science Science and Technology fellow, she works on other communities' water systems.
January 11, 2023
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The Hydropower Operations Optimization Prize aims to use modeling, mathematical optimization, data science, and machine learning to create new ways for hydropower to support a reliable and resilient electric grid
January 10, 2023
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WPTO added a $10 million topic area to its proposed funding opportunity to advance tidal and current energy systems, bringing the total funding to $45 million.
January 9, 2023
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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.
December 9, 2022
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WPTO hosted its latest semiannual stakeholder webinar on Nov. 9, 2022, and shared details with hydropower and marine energy stakeholders from industry, academia, and government on the office’s latest funding opportunities, accomplishments, and projects.
November 30, 2022
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Acting Assistant Secretary Moreno summarizes DOE's recent investments in wildlife conservation.
November 28, 2022
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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.
November 22, 2022
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