Climate change is hard to ignore when you’re in the hydropower business, said Christian Rynning-Tonnesen, chief of Norway’s largest power producer. “The general trend all over the world is ...

Ecuador and Colombia are not isolated cases. While hydropower remains the world's largest renewable source of electricity and had been increasing by 70% over the last two decades, in the first half of ...

Over the next 25 years, the vast majority of the world’s newly installed renewable energy will come via hydroelectric dams, mostly in the developing world, according to a recent U.S. Energy ...

That's similar to Ford Dam's reservoir, which covered a 5-mile stretch of world-class rapids through the Mississippi Gorge. Removing the dams would restore free-flowing rivers and natural features.

Hydropower generated in the Columbia River Basin provides about 55% of the energy needed to keep up with the demand for electricity in the Northwest.

Hydropower, the “forgotten giant” of low-carbon electricity, will need major policy support to help accelerate the expansion of solar and wind power and put the world on track for net-zero goals ...

2. Global installed hydropower capacity by country at the end of 2015. The bulk of the world’s hydropower capacity is in China, a country that added 19.4 GW in 2015 alone.

China has granted approval for the development of the ‘world's largest hydropower dam’ in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet, reported Reuters. The implications of this ...

Large dams and reservoirs built to provide renewable energy around the world are one of the biggest threats to global river health, a new study has found. Just one-third of the world’s longest ...

Dry conditions, particularly in China, caused a "historic" global drop in hydropower generation in the first half of 2023, a new analysis shows, ...

All units of the Wudongde Hydropower Station will officially be put into operation on Wednesday, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 30.5 million tons per year, China Central Television (CCTV ...