Dams also don’t have to fail to be dangerous. At U.S. low-head dams, many only a few feet tall, some 1,400 people have drowned because of the unseen and unsafe hydraulics that these dams produce. The ...

HANCOCK COUNTY, W.Va. — The Hancock County Commission has taken a significant step forward in the development of a hydroelectric project at the New Cumberland Locks and Dam by approving a 40-year ...

In this video, we explore the construction of a mini hydroelectric dam as part of a science project. The demonstration highlights the principles of hydropower and the essential components involved in ...

"But it is sad, because I was very proud of that book. And I’m still proud of it, but less publicly so," said the bestselling author Getty(3) Colleen Hoover is getting candid on how Blake Lively and ...

AU TRAIN, Mich. (WLUC) - The federal government has called for the Au Train Dam in Alger County to be surrendered. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission filed a notice Friday suggesting UP Hydro, ...

NORRISTOWN — Montgomery County’s vision to have the Norristown Dam run on hydroelectric power has hit a snag as an existing contract was revised, requiring $400,000. The item was included in an ...

Demand for power is growing fast, but hydro plants, the oldest source of clean energy, are struggling because of droughts, floods and other extreme weather linked to climate change. Drought and age ...

MERCER COUNTY, Ky. (FOX 56) — This November marks 100 years of operations at Dix Dam, which is part of Kentucky Utilities’ E.W. Brown Generating Station. Completed in 1925, the Dix Dam Hydro Plant was ...

AU TRAIN, MI — Federal regulators are taking steps to terminate a troubled Upper Peninsula hydroelectric dam’s operating license following years of unresolved safety violations and the owner’s recent ...

How many times have you said, “I wish the days were longer”? Well, NASA scientists say the construction of China’s Three Gorges Dam actually did make the days longer, by slowing the rotation of the ...

MIDLAND, Mich. – It’s the strangest sight -- watching someone cut grass at the bottom of what was once a lake. But that’s the reality for people who live in Edenville. After the dam failure five years ...