Digital condition monitoring is transforming hydropower O&M with AI-driven diagnostics, hybrid architectures, and predictive ...

Professor Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug and postdoctoral fellow Wolf Ludwig Kuhn at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology ...

New research finds that the world’s hydroelectric dams generate a surprising amount of greenhouse gas emissions In July, UN Secretary Ban Ki-Moon highlighted the role of hydropower in boosting the use ...

Hydropower has long been seen as a reliable renewable energy source. But during drought and heavy rain, hydropower plants often come to a standstill. Will climate change spell the end for this clean ...

Giacomo Falchetta receives funding from the European Union H2020 project Long-Term Joint EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership on Renewable Energy. The continent has a lot more hydropower ...

Jamie Pittock receives funding from the Australian Water Partnership and APEC with respect to pumped storage hydropower in the Asia-Pacific region. He is acting Director of the Wentworth Group of ...

As the gates leading from Sam Rayburn Lake open, the water rushes towards the Kaplan turbines some 100’ below. The river begins to rise and swell below the dam as the ground below your feet vibrates ...

Although climate change may bring increased precipitation to many parts of the United States, some areas may face drier conditions and lower streamflow, resulting in decreased hydropower generation.

Europe was around seven per cent wetter than average in 2023 - during the world’s hottest year on record. Hot air retains more moisture, which increases precipitation and can cause widespread flooding ...

Small hydropower plants have long sustained remote communities in the Alps – but there is a growing debate over their environmental impact. The Furtalm, an idyllic mountain farm in South Tyrol in the ...

Humans have been harnessing the energy of river currents for centuries, using water wheels spun by rivers initially to process grains and cloth. Today, hydropower provides about 16 percent of the ...