Extreme Drought Could Shut Down a Hydroelectric Power Plant In California
Officials are preparing for the likelihood that California’s record breaking drought will come for its renewable energy stores. The West Coast state, which has been weathering wildfires, 126-year...
Plentiful renewable energy is opening up a new industrial frontier
NORRLAND IS THE largest of Sweden’s three historical “lands”. It spans the top half of the country and is sparsely populated, the more so the...
Newsletter: Can hydropower help solve the climate crisis? This $63-billion plan is banking on it
Conservationists in California and across the West are deeply skeptical of hydropower, and it’s not hard to see why. There’s a long history of government...
New York and New England Need More Clean Energy. Is Hydropower From Canada the Best Way to Get it?
Two massive projects, requiring hundreds of miles of transmission lines, have left Indigenous communities in Canada, and some U.S. activists, up in arms.
New spillgates on the way to replace ones that have reliably served Martin Dam for nearly a century
For nearly a century, the spillgates atop Martin Dam have helped Alabama Power manage the company’s original source of renewable energy: flowing water.
Is New England’s Biggest Renewable Energy Project Really a Win for the Climate?
Construction could start soon on New England’s biggest renewable energy project, a 1,200-megawatt-capacity transmission line to deliver renewable energy to Massachusetts customers. The proposed project,...
New York’s Hydropower Plan Stirs Concerns Over Impact on Waterways
But NYC needs power to replace Indian Point’s nuclear energy without resorting to new fossil-fuel usage.
Hydro and Geothermal Stocks: The Dark Horses of Green Energy
Wall Street is underestimating hydropower stocks and geothermal stocks. And in the process, they’re giving you a valuable opportunity to profit from one of the...