Topic: National Hydropower Association

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Senator Murkowski Introduces Bills to Boost Hyd...

Washington DC, United States U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, has introduced two pieces of legislation aimed at increasing the production of electricity from renewable hydropower and creating jobs in America's energy sector. "As the Senate turns its attention to energy ...

Regulating Small Hydro

Developers of small hydropower projects are seeking big changes in the way their projects are permitted and licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Requests to build small hydro projects, facilities with a capacity of 5 MW or less, have been ...
com] On Tuesday, executives from the leading renewable energy trade associations emphasized the need for Congress to swiftly enact key policies to continue accelerated growth across the entire sector in order to add jobs and boost economic growth in 2010. A major ...

U.S. on the Verge of a Small Hydro Boom?

com] While the U.S. has seen a slight decline in total energy production from hydro resources over the last two decades, the industry is gearing up to reverse that trend and ride the wave of growth seen throughout the other renewable ...
C. [HydroWorld. com] The National Hydropower Association is accepting applications for the 2010 NHA Past Presidents' Legacy Scholarship beginning the first week of January 2010. The scholarship is available to Full-time college juniors, seniors or graduate students with a 3.0 or ...
com] Hydroelectric projects received about 24 percent of the $2.2 billion in Clean Renewable Energy Bonds allocated recently to renewable energy developers, according to the National Hydropower Association. "NHA salutes the legislators and policymakers who have improved the CREBs program, so ...

Hydropower Expansion Could Create 700,000 U.S. jobs

Pennsylvania, United States [Hydro Review] As many as 700,000 jobs could be created by the construction of new hydropower capacity in the United States by 2025, according to a new study released Tuesday by the National Hydropower Association (NHA). "This study ...
com] The National Hydropower Association announced the formation of two new councils designed to explore and support some of the technologies that will help propel the industry toward its goal of doubling installed capacity. In Colorado, where NHA introduced the Small Hydro ...

Growing a Sustainable Hydropower Industry

com] Think the hydropower resource in the U.S. is all dried up? Doug Hall, Program Manager for the INL Water Energy Program, tells us about how what types of technologies the industry may use to exploit this resource in a more ...