I grew up in typically dry, inland southern California, so droughts are not entirely unexpected for me, my neighbors, or my colleagues. Since I was born in 1987, the state has endured four long ...

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Demand for power is growing fast, but hydro plants, the oldest source of clean energy, are struggling because of droughts, floods and other extreme weather linked to climate change. Drought and age ...

Droughts led to a drop in generation from hydroelectric plants, and fossil fuels filled the gap. This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in ...

Around 27 million cubic metres of rock and glacier ice collapsed from Ronti Peak in the northern Indian Himalayas on February 7 2021, falling 1,800 metres into the valley below. The glacier ice melted ...

The installation of floating solar plants in reservoirs may be an opportunity to increase the efficiency and use of hydroelectric power plant infrastructure already in operation as an alternative to ...

Bellows Falls Station. It has 49MW of capacity with three GE generators with Francis waterwheels. Credit: Great River Hydro HQI US Holding LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hydro-Québec, agreed to ...

Learn how root cause analysis and integrated data prevent hydropower bearing failures, reduce costly downtime, and improve ...