According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE), hydropower is the most important and oldest source of renewable electricity in this country. Hydropower plants are responsible for about 40 percent of the renewable energy produced in this country. In some cases, however, the environmental impact of hydropower dams and facilities can be significant. The Water...Read More

Learn How Hydropower Works Ever wonder how hydropower works? The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) defines hydropower as energy derived from moving water. This energy can be harvested from streams, waterfalls, rivers and currents to provide a continuous and reliable source of power for homes, businesses and industrial applications. Hydropower is made possible by the...Read More

Harnessing Hydropower Energy According to studies cited in the December 2019 issue of the scientific journal The Ecologist, harnessing just 0.002 percent of the energy currently untapped in the oceans of the world could provide adequate power to manage the global demand for energy. This statistic shows the vast amount of power available to be...Read More