As the oldest form of renewable energy, hydropower has long been hailed as a promising green alternative to fossil fuels. However, hydropower projects on transboundary rivers have emerged as ...

Rich noted that there is plenty of untapped hydropower potential. “Don’t let anyone ever tell us that there is not enough hydropower to power the future,” he stressed while showing a world ...

Hydropower, the biggest source of renewable energy in the world, was crippled by lack of rain in several countries last year, driving up emissions as countries turned to fossil fuels to fill the gap.

The hydropower system sucks water only from the upper portion of the lake — in this case, anything above the 475.5-meter (1,560-foot) mark — which is free of sediment and doesn’t damage the ...

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 ...

Only about one-third of the world’s longest rivers remain free-flowing, meaning they have not been dammed or disrupted in man-made ways, reports a new landmark study. While there are a few ...

A huge network of dams along China’s longest river has the potential to generate enough hydropower for a quarter of the country’s output—but not without logistical challenges and geological ...

The World Bank said in a statement late on Thursday that the Mpatamanga Hydropower Storage Project would help supply electricity to over 1 million new households and create thousands of jobs.

Beijing approved the construction of the world’s biggest hydropower dam despite public outcry from residents near the site. Once completed, the dam on the Yarlung Zangbo River in Tibet could ...

The World Bank said it is committing $1 billion to help the Democratic Republic of Congo prepare for the development of the next stage of what could be the world’s biggest hydropower project.

After dropping to historic levels last year due to ongoing drought and high temperatures, hydropower generated in the Northwest is expected to rise slightly this year from much needed precipitation.

BEIJING--China has approved the construction of what will be the world’s largest hydropower dam, ... Over 700 quakes rattle islands off Kagoshima, no rest for a week; ...