Voith Hydro in 2022 replaced four vertical Pelton turbines at Verbund’s 75-year-old 326-GWh Gerlos 1 hydropower facility in Austria with a first-of-its-kind horizontal six-nozzle Pelton turbine.

Generally speaking, it's best to ensure that water and electricity stay far away from each other. Though water itself doesn't conduct electricity very well, the ions that are in play (in swimming ...

Hydropower projects frequently face resistance from environmental groups for a variety of reasons. One of the more common objections to hydro is the high turbine-induced mortality of fish. The passage ...

Hydropower is regaining global attention as a flexible, scalable, and underutilized solution for energy security and ...

If you’ve ever observed a river rushing down a mountain or played in the waves at the beach, you’ve felt that moving water contains a lot of energy. A river can push you and your kayak downstream, ...

Gunia was a reporter for TIME based in Hong Kong. Natel's Restoration Hydro Turbine (RHT) features uniquely thick blades that allow fish to pass safely through the turbine to continue downstream ...

China dominates global hydropower storage. Pumped storage remains the world’s top long-duration storage technology. China’s Fengning station alone can deliver 40 GWh of power—dwarfing U.S. battery ...

LANSING, MI — Consumers Energy wants state regulators to approve a 30-year deal that would involve paying a private buyer twice the market rate for comparable hydropower in exchange for selling its ...