Providing balanced information for using water as a renewable energy resource in the Northwest
The “silver tsunami of hydropower retirement is here,” said Debbie Gallaher with Chelan PUD. “Nationally, one-third of utility employees will retire in the next 10 years.” Hydropower generators in rural areas are being particularly hard hit. Millennials finishing…
by K.C. Mehaffey Wenatchee World Aug. 23, 2016 BRIDGEPORT — Shell Energy officials are in Bridgeport this week pitching a project to generate power from the Columbia River, without building a dam. The proposed Hydro Battery Pearl Hill Project…
By Herman K. Trabish Utility Dive U.S. hydroelectric power, the nation’s oldest and biggest renewable, could see striking growth through 2050 – if developers work around its potential harms to river ecosystems and take advantage of expected growth…
The U.S. Department of Energy has issued a far ranging evaluation of the future of hydropower in the United States. The backdrop of the report is continued national desires for low-cost, low-carbon, renewable energy. The report finds that…
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 Eric Barker Spokesman Review Drawing down Lower Granite Reservoir during summer heatwaves could be an effective tool to help sockeye salmon and other protected fish by mitigating high water temperatures, according to analysis performed by the Portland-based…
By Staff Reporter Columbia Basin Bulletin Results of survival tests for young salmon and steelhead that migrate to the ocean through six Federal Columbia River Power System dams all generally exceeded the survival requirements of NOAA Fisheries’ 2008…
By Staff Reporter Columbia Basin Bulletin The federal judge presiding over the rewriting of the recovery plan for thirteen species of Columbia River salmon and steelhead says a thorough National Environmental Policy Act review is more important than…
By Kate Prengaman Yakima Herald Dam operators across the Columbia River Basin are not doing enough to protect endangered bull trout, according to allegations in a federal lawsuit filed this week. Two Bureau of Reclamation facilities on the…
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…