Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:20:00 +0000
When a sinkhole was discovered near the base of the Boone Dam embankment, the Tennessee Valley Authority’s dam safety engineers went to work determining the best fix. The complexity of the work and quality
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:12:00 +0000
While hydropower provides about 16% of global electricity generation today, climate change is predicted to drive various changes in hydrology that could translate into a spectrum of risks for hydropower production. A recent study published in the journal Water estimates 61% of all global hydropower dams will be in basins with very high or extreme […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 20:08:48 +0000
President Biden’s signing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) should provide further impetus for growth of U.S. renewable energy, coming on the heels of a report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that installations of solar and wind power accounted for more than two-thirds of new domestic utility-scale generation in the first six months […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 04:18:32 +0000
Atlanta-based energy giant Southern Co. has rapidly evolved to keep in step with the evolution of power. As part of its corporate growth, the company has notably pioneered technologies that have reshaped
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:55:54 +0000
The inclusion of an estimated $369 billion in energy security and climate change investments in a July 27–unveiled U.S. Senate budget reconciliation proposal has prompted jubilation from a range of energy sectors. Less than two weeks after negotiations on clean energy and climate provisions within the reconciliation package hit an impasse and suggested their demise, […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 14:42:50 +0000
Global installed hydropower capacity rose by 26 GW in 2021 to 1,360 GW, but that’s far short of the progress needed to achieve the world’s climate change mitigation goals. “We know that to keep climate change below 2°C, or the more challenging 1.5°C net zero target, we will need to see a huge increase in […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 18:10:46 +0000
A transformer exploded and caught fire at Hoover Dam in Nevada on July 19, according to local officials. Bureau of Reclamation official Jacklynn L. Gould said that at about 10 a.m. local (Pacific) time, the A5 transformer at the site caught fire. The blaze was extinguished at about 10:30 a.m., according to Gould. Gould said […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 04:18:00 +0000
A multi-year, multibillion-dollar undertaking on China’s Jinsha River has achieved several “firsts” for the hydropower sector, earning POWER’s highest honor thanks to its development, design, and
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 04:11:00 +0000
War rages in Europe. Natural gas prices are through the roof. Drought threatens hydro production. Weather extremes are becoming commonplace. Supply chains are strained. Demand for electricity is headed
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2022 15:09:07 +0000
Drought in California could nearly halve the state’s hydroelectric generation this summer, pushing up wholesale power prices in the West, and forcing the state to rely on natural gas generation and out-of-state imports, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects in a new analysis. The EIA suggests in a supplement to its May 2022–released Short-Term Energy Outlook […]
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