Topic Page: Hydroelectric

The river runs through this category. Dams, windmills, tidal flows, any way you can turn water flow into energy. PF members offer their solutions to capturing this energy. Have an idea in Hydroelectric? Tell us

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Hang Ten! Tidal Power

Are you ready to ride the waves? Planet Forward Intern Dave Raish shows us a video – with a nifty animation – that explains how one utility plans to harness the most reliable resource on Earth – the tides. By connecting two tidal turbines – think underwater windmills – to the grid, Craig Collar of …Read More…

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Verdant Power: Harvesting Power From the Sea

Planet Forward’s Bloomberg West debut featured Verdant Power, an innovative company that is building underwater turbines to harness the power of the tides. See what challenges they face and tell us what you think!

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Sustainable Hydropower: A New Flow of Ideas

By Daniel Kammen What can be done to diversify our clean energy technology options?  In recent years we have seen a number of seemingly  “old” technologies undergo a reassessment, and a reinvention.  Geothermal power, once assessed as “an excellent source of baseload energy, but likely limited in commercially exploitable capacity” has undergone a renaissance. Here’s …Read More…

Hydroelectric Power

From dams to watermills, hydropower has been used for thousands of years in regions all over the world. But for such an ancient idea, why isn’t it more common renewable energy source now? Read our most recent newsletter