Providing balanced information for using water as a renewable energy resource in the Northwest
By Chris Mooney and Brady Dennis Washington Post Long before wind and solar, water was the nation’s top renewable energy source. Going back some 100 years, the United States built enormous dams — like the Depression-era Hoover Dam…
By Christian Hill Eugene Register Guard The Eugene Water & Electric Board has sold its hydroelectric project in Idaho and will use the money from the sale to pay down debt, but it must continue buying power from…
By Phuong Le, Associated Press Spokesman Review An environmental group sued the federal agency that operates the nation’s largest hydropower producer Wednesday, saying operations at the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington are polluting the Columbia River in violation…
By Roger Lucas The Star Chamber of commerce members Thursday heard details on a proposed project that could put huge conduits for water under the community to produce more power and create jobs. The proposed Banks Lake hydroelectric…
By Kimberlee Craig Chelan County PUD commissioners Monday, decided to invest about $60 million to modernize the four original generating units at Rock Island Dam. The decision came after the board reviewed the results of intensive staff analysis…
What better place for new hires and experienced professionals moving into the hydropower industry to learn “the business” than at the world’s largest hydro conference? The Waterpower Hydro Basics Course is taking place July 25 – 26 at…
By Dan Elliott, Associated Press Seattle Times Climate change could upset the complex interplay of rain, snow and temperature in the West, hurting food production, the environment and electrical generation at dams, the federal government warned Tuesday. Read…
By Todd Griset JDSUPRA Business Advisor U.S. hydropower regulators have accepted a Washington public utility district’s application to surrender its license for an unconstructed tidal power project. Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, Washington was the…
By Steve Wright and Matthew Rooney Spokesman Review The Columbia River Treaty has been one of the most successful international agreements ever, partly due to the leading role played by regional entities on both sides of the border…
By Staff Spokesman Review YAKIMA, Wash. – Plans for a proposed $2.5 billion reservoir system to generate power south of Goldendale have found an unlikely partner: a Chinese hydropower company. The project is billed as a large-scale energy storage…