WILDBOY CREEK, Washougal — Kwoneesum Dam once had a purpose. It created a lake for girls attending a summer camp to swim, canoe and sail. But just two decades after the dam was built in the mid ...

In the Pacific Northwest, hydropower provides about 60% of the region’s power needs. ... In a hydropower dam, a turbine unit can go from producing 0 to 100 megawatts in about 2 minutes.

The Snohomish County Public Utility District is looking to the Skykomish River for a hydroelectric project near Index that could generate enough power for 10,000 homes. The utility is exploring ...

Major Pacific Northwest business groups OBI, AWB rally behind hydropower Oregon Business & Industry and the Association of Washington Business announce new effort as Biden administration pushes ...

Scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory hope to make the salmon's journey less life-threatening with new technology to measure the physical impacts of hydropower infrastructure on ...

The Grand Coulee Dam is the crown jewel of an interconnected system of hydropower dams throughout the Northwest. The dam raises the river level 350 feet and creates a reservoir more than 150 miles ...

Humans have been harnessing the energy of river currents for centuries, using water wheels spun by rivers initially to process grains and cloth. Today, hydropower provides about 16 percent of the ...

The four power marketing administrations sell and transmit hydropower from a range of federally owned dams, including the Bonneville Dam in the Pacific Northwest and the Hoover Dam in the Southwest.

The court ordered Electron Hydro to remove the center portion of the rock dam during the summer 2024 in water work season. The deadline for completion is Sept. 15, 2024.