The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is the continent's largest hydroelectric project, which would generate 6,450 megawatts of clean energy.

Utility-scale batteries can revolutionize how we harness renewable power. Coupled with wind and solar, these batteries could ...

Zambia's worst electricity blackouts in memory have been caused by a severe drought in the region that has left the critical Kariba dam ... water to run its hydroelectric turbines.

Zambia’s worst electricity blackouts in memory have been caused by a severe drought in the region that has left the critical Kariba dam with insufficient water to run its hydroelectric turbines ...

"Wisconsin is home to more than 4,000 dams spread across all of its 72 counties. They range from massive hydroelectric concrete dams, such as the Prairie du Sac Dam on the Wisconsin River ...

The 183-megawatts Isimba hydro-dam that was commissioned in March this year in Kayunga District. According to statistics from the Electricity Regulatory Authority, 708.34 Megawatts (MW ...

The South Holson and Watauga Dams also held back floodwaters in reservoirs further northeast in Tennessee. TVA's reservoirs function both as storage for water and like batteries for hydroelectric ...

Andrew Van Dam writes the Department of Data column each week for The Washington Post. He has covered economics and wrangled data and graphics for The Post and the Wall Street Journal. He got his ...

The four hydroelectric dams, whose construction began in 1918, ended up obstructing river flow, reducing water quality, raising water temperatures and making the life cycles of salmon and ...

The breaching of four hydroelectric dams restored more than 400 miles of free-flowing waterway to the region and came after decades of negotiations among a host of parties, including tribal ...