by Emily | May 13, 2026 | Clean Energy News, Hydropower
Oregon’s Bonneville Dam is the last of 14 dams on the Columbia River before it empties into the Pacific Ocean. (Courtesy of the Bonneville Power Administration) In litigation over Columbia Basin salmon, federal agencies began spilling more water last month to comply...
by Emily | Apr 28, 2026 | Clean Energy News, Hydropower
Grand Coulee Dam, Washington. Courtesy of Bureau of Reclamation. The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Office (H2O) announced earlier this week that it will soon resume negotiations to issue nearly $430 million in payments to American...
by Emily | Jan 29, 2026 | Clean Energy News, Hydropower, Policy & Legislation
National Hydropower Association photo Last week, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce unanimously approved the ‘Build More Hydro’ Bill (H.R. 2072), sending the legislation to the full House for consideration. The bill is intended to prevent project...
by Emily | Sep 25, 2025 | Clean Energy News, Education, Hydropower
The Main Menu screen of the Hydropower Market Game, Argonne National Laboratory. Argonne National Laboratory, in collaboration with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), recently launched a beta version of their Hydropower Market Game, an interactive...
by Emily | Aug 26, 2025 | Clean Energy News, Education
At the final MECC and HCC event, student teams present competition results. Photo by Agata Bogucka, NREL Calling all student innovators looking to make waves in the water power sector! The application windows for the Hydropower Collegiate Competition (HCC) and Marine...
