Alcona Hydro is a Consumers Energy hydro energy plant in Alcona County. It has a capacity of 8,000 kilowatts. It began commercial operation in 1924. Consumers Energy is considering selling the 13 ...

The Minnesota Legislature adjourned before voting on a bill that would have provided $2.2 million to Granite Falls for both critical infrastructure repairs at its hydroelectric facility and dam and ...

The century-old dam on the Susquehanna River doesn't look like an energy source of the future. Weeds sprout out of cracks in the weathered Holtwood Hydroelectric Dam, 12 miles upriver from Maryland.

After a near 50 year lifespan, Barron Gorge’s hydro generator insulation systems needed to be rewound and upgraded. The Queensland, Australia based power station has been operating in a World Heritage ...

Jackson-based Consumers Energy said Wednesday it's exploring the possibility of selling its 13 hydroelectric facilities, on the Muskegon, Manistee, Grand, Kalamazoo and Au Sable rivers. The utility — ...

LONDON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Breaking with the recent trend, China boosted hydroelectric generation to a near-record rate in August, despite a lingering drought across the country’s southern provinces, ...

There’s a lot to be said for the power of pragmatic economics. That’s a particularly true statement when politicians of a sort find themselves forced to choose the lesser evil — namely what they can ...

A newly approved ordinance changes the 2-acre parcel making up Manville Landing from general industrial use to open space and bans hydroelectric generation facilities in such zones.