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  • In Ecuador’s Intag Valley, communities build their own micro-hydropower plant
  • DOE’s H2O announces funding for National Laboratory Projects to streamline hydropower permitting
  • Hybridizing hydro could ease grid constraints says Ember

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news.mongabay.com /1 week ago

In Ecuador’s Intag Valley, communities build their own micro-hydropower plant

In Ecuador’s Intag Valley, one of the major watersheds that supply the country’s Imbabura province in the north, 19 families from four communities are developing a 300-kilowatt (kW...

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energyglobal.com /1 week ago

DOE’s H2O announces funding for National Laboratory Projects to streamline hydropower permitting

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Office has selected 11 projects as part of a laboratory call to expedite US hydropower permitting.

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renewableenergyworld.com /1 month ago

Hybridizing hydro could ease grid constraints says Ember

A new report from Ember shows that adding wind and solar behind the meter of existing hydro assets could bypass grid constraints.

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renews.biz /2 weeks ago

Statkraft, Hydro in Norwegian power play

Annual supply of 876GWh under PPA runs from 2031 to 2040

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spectrumlocalnews.com /1 month ago

How hydropower from the Niagara Power Project keeps New York running

Between the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant and the Lewiston Pump Generating Plant, 25 turbines spin 748,000 gallons of water per second.

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renewableenergyworld.com /4 weeks ago

Hydropower reform comes to Capitol Hill

Several bipartisan bills have been introduced in the House and Senate aiming to shore up hydropower licensing and permitting processes.

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pv-magazine.com /4 weeks ago

Unlimited long duration, long-lived pumped hydro storage

Solar- and wind-dominated grids need abundant long-duration storage, and off-river pumped hydro offers enormous potential, with 800,000 sites worldwide and storage capacity vastly...

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energyglobal.com /1 month ago

New life for mine site as pumped hydro project approved

The NSW government has approved a major pumped hydro project at a former mining site in the Gloucester Valley, Australia.

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energyglobal.com /1 month ago

FERC fast-tracks reviews to accelerate actions at hydropower projects

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved measures to simplify its National Environmental Policy Act review procedures for hydropower-related actions with minimal envir...

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canarymedia.com /2 weeks ago

America’s hydropower challenge goes beyond the West

This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. The U.S. depends on hydroelectric power — and ever-worsening drought...

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thehindu.com /1 month ago

Odisha may halt hydropower generation to prioritise drinking water, irrigation

The decision to suspend hydroelectricity generation with many reservoirs observed to have less than required level of water  

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cleantechnica.com /1 month ago

US Hydropower Faces Supply Chain Challenges With Large Power Transformers

New Report Identifies 9 Unique Challenges That Hydropower Facilities Face When Upgrading or Replacing Large Power Transformers The National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) just rel...

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cleantechnica.com /1 week ago

Collaboration Could Be a Win-Win for Cascading Hydropower

NLR Modeling Shows Coordinated Operation of Mid-Columbia Hydropower Plants Could Boost Efficiency Systemwide By Karen Petersen, NLR Collaboration is essential to any successful riv...

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energyglobal.com /1 month ago

Arup joins the IHA

Arup has become a member of the International Hydropower Association, reinforcing its commitment to advancing sustainable hydropower and pumped storage as essential components of t...

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crypto.news /1 month ago

Hydropower overtakes gas as Bitcoin mining power use jumps 38%

Cambridge data shows Bitcoin mining power use rose 38% to 190 TWh as hydropower led the mix and low-carbon energy reached 59.4% in late 2025

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thehindubusinessline.com /1 week ago

Chenab basin holds nearly four-fifths of J&K’s untapped hydropower potential

The government has identified hydropower potential of 14,635 MW across three major river basins, of which around 24.21 per cent has so far been harnessed

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cleantechnica.com /1 month ago

Water Power Winners Emerge As Collegiate Competitions Surge

Top Teams Claim Prizes at 2026 Hydropower and Marine Energy Collegiate Competition Final Events, and DOE Welcomes a Record 45 Teams for the 2027 Season Two teams have snagged the t...

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energyglobal.com /4 weeks ago

Bilfinger awarded hydropower contract by Ennskraftwerke AG

Bilfinger has been awarded a contract by Ennskraftwerke AG for the overhaul of the two generator units at the Garsten – St. Ulrich power plant in Upper Austria.

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greaterkashmir.com /1 month ago

Whose electricity is it, anyway?

Jammu and Kashmir has long been regarded as India’s hydropower treasure. Endowed with mighty rivers such as the Chenab, Jhelum and Indus and their tributaries, J&K possesses on...

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enr.com /1 month ago

FlatironDragados-Led Team Begins $6B New Brunswick Hydropower Rehabilitation

A deteriorating Canadian hydroelectric station threatened by decades of concrete expansion has reached a pivotal planning milestone that could lead to construction beginning in 202...

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energyglobal.com /1 month ago

SSE secures planning consent for Sloy Power Station upgrades

SSE has secured Section 36 Planning Consent from the Scottish Government for upgrades to its existing 152.5 MW Sloy hydro-electric power station.

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romania-insider.com /2 weeks ago

Romania’s Hidroelectrica testing 200 MW hydropower plants on Olt River under pumped regime

Romanian hydropower group Hidroelectrica announced it has begun testing the pumped regime of its hydropower plants on Olt River, which have a total capacity of 200 MW. Using the hy...

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energyglobal.com /2 weeks ago

Stakraft applies for licence to build new Høyanger K5 hydropower plant

Statkfraft has applied for a licence from the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate to build new hydropower plants in Høyanger municipality.

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renewableenergyworld.com /4 weeks ago

Hydropower faces unique challenges in a worldwide race to acquire transformers

A new report examines how the growing demand for transformers, dependence on imports, and low domestic manufacturing capacity are threatening the nation's hydropower modernization...

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