Alcona Hydro is a Consumers Energy hydro energy plant in Alcona County. It has a capacity of 8,000 kilowatts. It began commercial operation in 1924. Consumers Energy is considering selling the 13 ...

The Minnesota Legislature adjourned before voting on a bill that would have provided $2.2 million to Granite Falls for both critical infrastructure repairs at its hydroelectric facility and dam and ...

The century-old dam on the Susquehanna River doesn't look like an energy source of the future. Weeds sprout out of cracks in the weathered Holtwood Hydroelectric Dam, 12 miles upriver from Maryland.

A University of Winnipeg Collegiate social studies class is exploring the effects hydroelectric power generation has on the communities close to where the power is actually generated.

In its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecast that electricity generation from U.S. hydropower plants in 2024 will be 13% less than the ...

A Texas company wants to build a $50 million hydroelectric project at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Saylorville Dam, a move it says would reduce Iowa's reliance on coal to generate electricity.

LACHINE, QUEBEC, CANADA, Sept. 23, 2002 — GE Hydro, a unit of GE Power Systems, has been awarded a contract valued at more than CDN $40 million by Hydro-Quebec for the supply and installation of eight ...

Preparations are being made to proceed with a design for a new third hydroelectric generating unit at Black Canyon Diversion Dam on the Lower Payette River. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation says the ...

Jackson-based Consumers Energy said Wednesday it's exploring the possibility of selling its 13 hydroelectric facilities, on the Muskegon, Manistee, Grand, Kalamazoo and Au Sable rivers. The utility — ...

SACRAMENTO — Drought-busting storms this season have given California priceless opportunities on two ecological fronts. We’re practically drowning in water already, and the heavy runoff of record ...

A Massachusetts company’s plans to build small hydroelectric generating plants at three Lehigh Valley canals has gone at a leisurely pace, as unhurried as the modern-day canal boat pulled, these days, ...

LONDON, March 22 (Reuters) - China's hydro generation has been essentially flat for the last three years, despite commissioning several large new power plants, as a prolonged drought has sharply ...