This story appeared first in WFAE's weekly climate newsletter, which is out Thursdays. Sign up at WFAE.org/newsletters. Duke Energy recently celebrated a big birthday ...

Hydropower was long the country’s leading source of renewable energy, but it was passed in 2019 by wind and in 2025 by utility-scale solar. It’s still significant, though, with 5.6 percent of U.S.

Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced two separate programs that together will award nearly $600 million to fund hydroelectric power and advance marine energy. The DOE will award ...

This remarkable project promises to open up zero-carbon energy storage to a broad range of areas without huge hills, delivering 2.5 times the power of water-based hydro. A pilot plant has been ...

MENOMONIE, Wis. (WEAU) - A project is underway to secure the infrastructure of a dam in Dunn County. This comes as a partial failure occurred at a dam in South Minnesota Monday, causing major erosion ...

As part of an application the City of Aspen intends to file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to maintain operations at Maroon Creek hydroelectric plant, the city is proposing the addition ...

Consumers Energy is getting out of the hydroelectric business and will sell all of its dams in Michigan the utility company announced on Tuesday. The decision came after years of deliberating, ...

For 70 summers, Phil Zigulich's family has been swimming, fishing and boating on the waters of Lake Allegan in southwest Michigan. It's a lifelong relationship with the water that's been made possible ...

As the world moves towards renewable energy sources in pursuit of decarbonization, one of the principal methods being implemented is hydropower. The ability to generate electrical power using falling ...

Queensland Hydro said geotechnical exploratory drilling which will help inform the environmental impact statement (EIS) process has started at the site of the Borumba Dam pumped hydro project. The AUD ...