DOE: 12 GW LIES UNEXPLOITED IN NON-POWERED DAMS ACROSS U.S.
More
than 2,500 dams in the U.S. provide 78 GW of conventional and 22 GW of
pumped-storage hydropower. But the nation also has more than 80,000 dams
that do not produce electricity—facilities that, if outfitted with
hydroelectric power plants, could generate an estimated 12 GW and
increase existing U.S. conventional hydropower capacity by roughly 15%,
the Department
of Energy (DOE) says in a new report, Read More »
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