Water Power News

The Water Power Technologies Office’s semiannual stakeholder webinar in May 2024 provided the latest updates on funding, technical collaboration opportunities, and prizes, along with recent accomplishments.

Thirty-six student-led teams will participate in these competitions, which engage and educate students about real-world challenges facing the hydropower and marine energy sectors and career opportunities in water power.

Megan Lee Anderson, an R&D mechanical engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, shares her childhood interest in helping the environment, and how a lifetime of interaction with the coastline, along with a series of serendipitous events led her to a career in marine energy.

The University of New Hampshire won the 5th annual Marine Energy Collegiate Competition.

New research from the HydroWIRES Initiative investigates ways to plan water releases to support both energy and environment objectives, thus reducing the environmental impact of hydropower facilities and supporting power generation.

A new resource aims to help hydropower organizations smoothly transition knowledge to new workers and to develop and implement succession planning strategies.

Explore the marine energy projects featured in the Water Power Technologies Office’s 2022–2023 Accomplishments Report and learn how they are working to harness this resource for clean, reliable power.

Dive into the hydropower projects featured in the Water Power Technologies Office’s 2022–2023 Accomplishments Report and learn how they are making progress toward the country’s clean energy goals.

Andrew Simms, a researcher at National Renewable Energy Laboratory, discusses how a childhood experience, his father’s influence, and his quest to find a sense of purpose led him to a career path where he is searching for the “big answer” in wave energy.

The Water Power Technologies Office and Oak Ridge National Laboratory opened a new technical collaboration opportunity for industry partners interested in developing innovative hydropower technologies using advanced materials and manufacturing.