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Do you know a student with an interest in hydropower?

The Hydropower Foundation offers three scholarships for undergraduates and graduate students, with application deadlines in spring 2022.

FERC Finalizes Dam Safety Regulations

FERC finalized updates to its hydropower project safety regulations on December 16, 2021. The updates promote continued safe operation, maintenance [...]

Can Retrofitting Dams for Hydro Provide a Green Energy Boost?

With the era of building big dams over in the U.S., a growing number of existing dams are being modified [...]

WDNR Statewide AIS Coordinator Sharing Links

Hi everyone, Thanks to all who attended the AIS Monitoring webinars! Special thanks to our presenters for sharing their expertise. [...]

Wisconsin Dam Safety Awareness Day

Governor Evers has declared May 31, 2021 as Dam Safety Awareness Day in the state of Wisconsin!  The purpose of [...]

FERC Financial Assurance Measures for Hydro Projects

FERC is requesting comments on what changes, if any, the Commission should make to its practices for requiring financial assurance [...]

Aquatic Invasive Species Management

The Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center has developed the Minnesota AIS Explorer, an online user-friendly decision support tool for [...]

U.S. Hydropower: Climate Solution and Conservation Challenge

The “Joint Statement of Collaboration on U.S. Hydropower: Climate Solution and Conservation Challenge” (Joint Statement), represents an important step to [...]

A New Uncommon Collaboration on U.S. Hydropower

It’s not every day that the hydropower industry joins forces with American Rivers, the World Wildlife Fund, and other environmental [...]