While hydroelectric dams are capable of generating a lot of electricity, they drastically disrupt the environment. Scientists have now proposed a simpler but still effective alternative, in which ...

The concept of building your own hydroelectric generator seems simple at face value: use gravity to impart as much force as possible onto a turbine, which spins a generator, thus generating ...

The Hydroelectric sculpture gallery is envisioned for the coast of Sochi, Russia, and would jut out into the Black Sea at an angle of 45 degrees. It would be constructed primarily from steel and the ...

A Morgantown Lock and Dam hydroelectric power project first pitched more than a decade ago is still very much alive according ...

Consumers Energy is studying the cost of their hydroelectric dam future. They have 13 river-fed hydroelectric dams across the state, 11 in Northern Michigan, but with their licensing up in 12 years ...

A Massachusetts company’s vision of generating electricity from water flowing through Easton took a step closer to reality this past week. City council on Wednesday approved a letter of intent to ...

Jackson-based Consumers Energy said Wednesday it's exploring the possibility of selling its 13 hydroelectric facilities, on the Muskegon, Manistee, Grand, Kalamazoo and Au Sable rivers. The utility — ...

There’s more than one way to light up a strip of LEDs. Have you tried building your own hydroelectric power plant to do it? Well, now you can. Replicating [Matic Markovič]’s entry into the 2020 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view of the destroyed dam of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant. Stock photo: Getty Images Ukrhydroenergo, Ukraine’s ...