Cost pressure, sustainability goals, influences from the market as well as environmental and renaturalization measures force operators of hydroelectric power stations to generate energy even more ...

Blocked passages for fish and turbine-induced mortality of downstream migrating fish are major environmental issues for hydropower projects. Direct spillage is one method to protect downstream fish ...

Japan’s Ricoh has designed a micro hydropower system for sewage plants that could potentially be used in combination with ground-mounted solar or floating PV. The system features a sustainable water ...

Small hydro is becoming big business as ongoing technological advances make more small sites economic to exploit. Older plants can also see substantial output and efficiency gains by upgrading from ...

While wind and solar attract most of the attention in today’s renewable energy economy, hydroelectric power is quietly undergoing a rebirth of its own. Whereas 20th-century hydroelectric projects are ...

Voith Hydro in 2022 replaced four vertical Pelton turbines at Verbund’s 75-year-old 326-GWh Gerlos 1 hydropower facility in Austria with a first-of-its-kind horizontal six-nozzle Pelton turbine.

BURBANK, Wash. (KTVZ) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District’s says its new fixed blade hydroelectric turbine increases energy efficiency, while recently concluded fish survival ...

At first glance, the potential for hydropower in the U.S. seems limited. Of the country’s 84,000 dams, only a small fraction produce hydropower, and the country seems to have an appetite for tearing ...

Despite renewable energy benefits, traditional hydropower methods have been criticized for disrupting ecosystems and harming aquatic life. Natel Energy, a US company specializing in hydro turbines, ...

Investments in RE transition and grid reliability are some of the factors fuelling the growth. The global hydro turbine market is projected to reach $4.9b by 2035, reflecting a compound annual growth ...