Retrofitting dams for more renewable energy in the world
Almost all the dams in Norway are built for hydropower. This is not the case around the world.
Jun 15, 2021
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Almost all the dams in Norway are built for hydropower. This is not the case around the world.
Jun 15, 2021
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A team of scientists has developed a computational model that uses artificial intelligence to find sites for hydropower dams in order to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Sep 19, 2019
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Hydropower developers must consider many factors when it comes time to license a new project or renew an existing one: How can environmental impacts be mitigated, including to fish populations? Researchers at the Department ...
Mar 23, 2020
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Although more than 92,000 dams populate the country, the vast majority—about 89,000—do not generate electricity through hydropower.
Jul 7, 2022
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Hydropower can move beyond enormous, Earth-altering infrastructure. Despite a growing trend of dam removals to preserve and restore ecology and indigenous ways of life, small hydropower projects have the potential to contribute ...
Oct 13, 2022
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The water in Lake Powell, one of the nation's largest reservoirs, has fallen so low amid the Western drought that federal officials are resorting to emergency measures to avoid shutting down hydroelectric power at the Glen ...
May 17, 2022
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