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...
by Emily | Jul 17, 2025 | Clean Energy News, Hydropower
Ice Harbor Dam, Bonneville Power Administration Late last week, five advocacy groups filed a lawsuit in federal court over Bonneville Power Administration’s recent decision to join Southwest Power Pool’s (SPP) Markets+ (a power market operator). Plaintiffs say the...
by Emily | Jun 17, 2025 | Clean Energy News, Hydropower
Ice Harbor Dam, Bonneville Power Administration Last week, the Trump administration announced that it would withdraw from the 2023 Federal Columbia River Power System settlement, known as the “12/14 Agreement.” The agreement was reached by the Biden Administration and...
by Emily | May 22, 2025 | Clean Energy News, Hydropower
Construction of the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington began in 1933 and was completed in 1942. It is the largest hydropower producer in the U.S. and also part of the federal Columbia River Power System. (Courtesy of Bureau of Reclamation) Grand Coulee Dam is among the...
