US hydropower is at a make-or-break moment

This story was originally published by. For nearly a century, the Kelley’s Falls Dam in Manchester, New Hampshire, generated ...

The pride of Ethiopia - What it took to build Africa's largest hydro-electric dam

The vastness of the building site was at first overwhelming for the young Ethiopian mechanical engineer. Hundreds were already digging the foundations in tough conditions for what is now Africa's ...

Hydropower dams face uncertain future as climate change drives sedimentation and glacier disappearance

An EPFL engineer has illustrated some of the complex ways in which climate change will affect hydropower facilities, taking ...
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New self-adjusting Tension Buoy steadies floating solar as dams rise and fall

Fred. Olsen 1848 has introduced a new adaptive mooring system, called the Tension Buoy, to address this issue. The technology automatically adjusts mooring line length in response to water-level ...
Winston-Salem Journal

Alcoa says contested N.C. dams generated $8 million in profit

Alcoa Inc. and state officials agree that a series of central North Carolina hydroelectric dams are a prize worth fighting for as energy costs soar and the contest over whether Alcoa gets to keep ...
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Dubai: Hatta Dams To Power Homes By Year-End In Region's First Hydroelectric Plant

Dubai: Hatta Dams To Power Homes By Year-End In Region's First Hydroelectric Plant . By the end of this year, Hatta's ...