A consortium led by Norwegian green energy developer and operator Scatec has signed a commercial agreement to finance, construct, operate and maintain a greenfield hydroelectric power plant with peak capacity of 350 MW in the southern African country of Malawi.

The population of North Texas has surged by 650,00 over the last five years, increasing the demand for essential services from ENR Texas & Louisiana’s 2022 Owner of the Year, the North Texas Municipal Water District.

These 80-year-old structures are critical components of a system that ensures consistent navigability and access along the Mississippi River from Minnesota to the Gulf Coast.

The $11-million project to raise Hell Hole Dam in Foresthill, Calif., was never going to be easy. Built in 1966, the earth-and-rock embankment dam impounds two rivers to form Hell Hole Reservoir in a rugged, remote location. 

Projection for 1.3-GW Glen Canyon plant comes as total US hydropower output to fall 14% in 2021 due to western states' rain shortfall, says US Energy Dept.

Dam owners, state and local authorities must do a better job of understanding the history of the dams in their inventory as well as preparing for ice runs that could destroy dams like Nebraska's Spencer Dam, which collapsed under the weight of heavy rain combined with cold temperatures and frozen ground last spring.