New exclusions could accelerate approvals for maintenance, rehabilitation, and replacement of facilities at FERC-licensed hydropower projects In a decision notable enough to merit a novel docket ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. has a long record of extracting resources on Native lands and ignoring tribal opposition, but a decision by federal ...

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Early last year, the hydropower company Nature and People First set its sights on Black Mesa, a mountainous region on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona. The mesa’s steep drop offered ideal terrain ...

In 1880, a water-powered turbine generated its first spark of electricity. It powered a theater and storefront in Grand Rapids, Michigan. By 1893, the first commercial hydropower plant was operating ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 15—Alaska's largest electric utility plans to study four new hydropower projects, a potential counterweight to future imports ...

The 54 megawatt (MW) Burgangchhu and the 32MW Yungichhu hydropower project are expected to be commissioned by the end of this year. These projects are part of the first phase of a small hydropower ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Massachusetts utilities will pay more for the transmission of Canadian hydroelectricity under a new settlement designed to advance a project tied to the state’s carbon reduction ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. — The battle between a York County community and an energy company proposing a multi-billion-dollar hydropower project on the Susquehanna River continues. On Monday, York County ...