An EPFL engineer has illustrated some of the complex ways in which climate change will affect hydropower facilities, taking the Gries dam in Valais Canton as a case study. Subscribe to our newsletter ...

Water is a renewable resource. In addition to being vital for all forms of life, it can be used to generate electricity. Driven by water, hydropower dams produce 16 percent of global electricity.

Consumers Energy is asking Michigan's energy regulators for approval to sell its suite of 13 dams to a Maryland energy investment firm and to enter into an agreement with the company to purchase the ...

ROSARIO, ARGENTINA - Aerial view of the traces of a disappearing river on July 4, 2021 in Rosario, Argentina. At less than half of its historical average, the low flow of the Parana river affects ...

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 ...