Tag: Hydropower
Energy Department launches plan to grow US hydropower 50% by 2050
Today, only 3% of the nation’s dams currently generate electricity WASHINGTON – The US Department of Energy has released a new report looking at the future of hydropower through 2050 that finds with continued technology advancements, innovative market mechanisms, and a focus on environmental sustainability, hydropower in the US could grow from 101 GW to nearly 150 GW […]
Renewable energy: Solar has low capacity utilization, wind is higher
Of renewable energy technologies, nuclear electric generating plants exhibit least variability, solar most variability There is a difference between a country’s capacity to generate electricity and the utilization of that capacity, which varies widely across technologies and fuel types, according to a study by the US Energy Information Administration. Renewable electricity generating plants depend on available […]
80,000 dams in USA, only 3% have hydropower capability
How many other American dams could be converted to hydropower? A power utility is considering using a Dubuque, Iowa dam to generate electricity, demonstrating the potential to create hydropower from existing infrastructure. on the Mississippi River Energy Resources USA Inc. has applied for a preliminary permit to build a hydropower plant at Lock and Dam No. 11 […]
Hydropower – Northeast desperately needs energy, eco-activists try to block Canadian imports
New Englanders will pay a tops-in-the-nation 20.2 cents per kilowatt-hour in Q3 of this year. Canadian hydropower could lower rates. As President Obama prepares to close coal power plants across the country with the Clean Power Plan, New England environmentalists oppose importing more Canadian clean hydropower. Plenty of raw electricity sloshes around in Quebec’s rivers and reservoirs, […]
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