Hydroelectric power has always been a pretty “green” way to generate electricty, simply interrupting the natural hydrological cycle to borrow some of its potential energy to convert to electrical ...

The mighty Mississippi River may become even more powerful – if an electricity-generating, 12-foot-in-diameter turbine as expected gets installed under a barge near Lock & Dam No. 2 in Hastings. The ...

Developer Bill Scully explains the generating equipment in the powerhouse of the newly commissioned Hoosic River Hydro facility in North Pownal. The orange generator unit is on the left, and the gray ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ $1.2B hydropower rehab program is modernizing nine plants to improve efficiency and meet ...

LACHINE, QUEBEC, CANADA, Sept. 23, 2002 — GE Hydro, a unit of GE Power Systems, has been awarded a contract valued at more than CDN $40 million by Hydro-Quebec for the supply and installation of eight ...

The Minnesota Legislature adjourned before voting on a bill that would have provided $2.2 million to Granite Falls for both critical infrastructure repairs at its hydroelectric facility and dam and ...

Demand for power is growing fast, but hydro plants, the oldest source of clean energy, are struggling because of droughts, floods and other extreme weather linked to climate change.

DOVER — A rickety wooden staircase near the mill on Central Avenue in Dover leads past a hill overgrown with weeds and bushes to a small building that is much more than what it seems. Except for the ...

January 22 2004 – GE Energy received a contract of more than $540 000 from the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) for a hydro generator rewind project at an IID hydroelectric plant on the All American ...

LONDON, March 22 (Reuters) - China's hydro generation has been essentially flat for the last three years, despite commissioning several large new power plants, as a prolonged drought has sharply ...

IGIUGIG, Alaska — Residents of Igiugig, a Native village far from roads and off the grid, have tried for years to wean themselves off the diesel that fuels their electrical system. It’s expensive — ...