ETIP white paper argues that hydropower and pumped storage are are no longer just renewable assets but critical infrastructure

RheEnergise has officially brought its inaugural High-Density Hydro® (HD Hydro) energy storage project online at Cornwood.

Eco Wave Power Global AB reported solid wave energy production from its EWP-EDF One project at Jaffa Port in southern Tel Aviv, Israel

Hvalávirkjun hydropower project in Iceland, has been awarded gold certification under the Hydropower Sustainability Standard

Queensland Hydro has received Commonwealth regulatory approval to undertake exploratory works for the proposed Borumba Pumped storage

NHPC Limited and its joint venture companies are currently constructing eight hydroelectric projects with a combined capacity of 8,514MW

The FOREST (Future Ocean Renewable Energy System Technologies) project has launched with support from the European Commission

POWERCHINA has completed and formally handed over Section II of Bolivia’s Ivirizu Hydropower Station, the country’s largest hydropower project

The Executive Director of the IEA, Fatih Birol, has renewed his call to give hydropower the attention it deserves

A dam on the Belgorod Reservoir in western Russia was damaged following what officials described as a Ukrainian drone and missile strike

Swedish energy company Vattenfall has ordered 120 tons of fossil-free steel from SSAB AB to build a new dam gate for Stornorrfors

GUGLER Water Turbines GmbH has completed and commissioned the Na An hydropower plant in Vietnam

Kleinschmidt Associates has recognised Kelly Schaeffer for her leadership and contributions to the Women in Hydropower Mentorship Program

The Crisafulli Government has released its Energy Roadmap 2025, outlining a strategy to improve Queensland’s existing energy assets

Global hydropower development is entering a new phase, with the latest IEA Renewables 2025 report forecasting steady growth

PicWe, a blockchain-based real-world asset (RWA) infrastructure provider, has partnered with the Isfayram Hydropower Project in Kyrgyzstan

The CEA in India has finalised a detailed Master Plan for Evacuation of Power from Hydroelectric Plants in the Brahmaputra Basin

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has completed a series of drifting acoustic surveys around Orbital Marine Power’s O2

The EC has announced a €545 million funding package under its Team Europe initiative to accelerate renewable energy transition in Africa

The EC has extended the deadline for its survey on the manufacturing capacity of hydropower equipment producers until October 2025.

VERBUND and Salzburg AG have officially opened the new Stegenwald power plant on the Salzach River in Austria

RMI has launched its Global Women in Clean Energy (GWiCE) Fellowship under the Energy Transition Academy (ETA)

The Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project has been declared a failure by the Auditor-General of Pakistan in a scathing performance audit

The Bakun Hydroelectric Project in Sarawak, Malaysia, has been awarded Silver certification under the Hydropower Sustainability Standard

The Zarchob-3 Hydropower Plant on the Tupalang River in Uzbekistan has been successfully connected to the national grid

Researchers at INL and ANL, with funding from the Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office, have developed HydroBoost

The US Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office has opened applications for the 2026 Hydropower Collegiate Competition

Eco Wave Power has announced that its partner, I-KE International, has won a land use tender by the Suao Port Company

DEWA has started trial operations and electricity exports from the new pumped storage hydroelectric power plant in Hatta.

The House of Representatives has passed the Hydropower Licensing Transparency Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by Rep. Kim Schrier

Paul Southcott has been appointed Convenor of ANCOLD newly formed Guidelines for Dam Instrumentation and Monitoring Systems Working Group.

BC Hydro has completed the Site C hydroelectric project with the commissioning of its sixth and final generating unit.

The Coire Glas Hydropower Project becomes the first pumped storage hydropower project in the world to receive Gold certification

Nscale, Aker ASA, and OpenAI have announced the launch of Stargate Norway, a large-scale AI data centre project to be located in Kvandal

Hydropower industry leaders have called for a coordinated national policy to support pumped storage hydropower (PSH)

The HSA has launched HydroSelect, a new tool aimed at improving early-stage decision-making in hydropower development

Construction on the Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project in Pakistan is moving ahead steadily, with work progressing simultaneously at 14 key sites

CorPower Ocean has secured a €40 million grant from the EU Innovation Fund to develop VianaWave, a 10MW pre-commercial wave energy project

To mark the 60th anniversary of Cruachan Power Station, renewable energy company Drax has donated £60,000 through the Drax Foundation

Chinese Premier Li Qiang announced the start of construction of the Yarlung Zangbo Hydropower Project, the largest hydropower project

MINESTO SECURES GRANT FOR FAROESE TIDAL MICROGRID Ocean energy firm Minesto is to lead a new tidal-powered microgrid project in the Faroe Islands after receiving a 25 million SEK grant from the Swedi...

Voith and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have announced promising initial results from their joint project aimed at improving hydropower…

Hydro-Québec has begun geotechnical and environmental field studies on Gull Island in Labrador this week ready for hydroelectric development

The US Senate has passed the sweeping reconciliation package known as the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” with implications for the energy sector

RheEnergise has been awarded a £2.15 million grant from the EIC Accelerator to support research and development of its LDES technology

Upstream Tech has released a major update to its HydroForecast Seasonal streamflow forecasting tool unveiling a new model architecture

Voith has completed the first deployment of its Hydro Pocket solution in Japan at the Ohsawagawa hydropower station

Burundi has inaugurated the Jiji hydroelectric power plant, a major step in the country’s efforts to increase access to electricity

Global hydropower generation rose sharply in 2024, increasing by 10% to 4,578TWh, according to the 2025 World Hydropower Outlook