hydropower

After much arm wrestling, the Senate came to an agreement on energy tax breaks which are set to expire later this year. Both Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), of the Senate Finance Committee, made the announcement on Tuesday.

Many dams in Southwest China sustained significant damage after the recent massive earthquake.

Here’s an interesting hydropower design from Bourne Energy. Bourne believes the future of hydropower, and a potential solution to global energy demand, is in small generators that harness power from river currents...

Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) is a method for generating electricity which uses the temperature difference that exists between deep and shallow waters of the ocean to run a heat engine.

To members of the Save the Rupert coalition: I am in complete solidarity with your opposition to yet more destruction of the James Bay region by Hydro-Québec. I must, however, note that wind power, although it certainly should have been mentioned in the EIA, is not a viable or desirable alternative. ... Wind is not an alternative to the Rupert River project but the reason for it.

So what’s so special about hydroelectricity? The fact that it’s already being used.

What energy supplies 20% of the world's electricity? No, it is NOT a fossil fuel or nuclear power.