A bridge over Soča River in Slovenia. Governments can conduct or support strategic planning exercises for energy such as Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs). These can evaluate large-scale tradeoffs ...

This is the fourth in a series of posts about how system-scale perspectives are vital to the planning and development of sustainable power systems, including hydropower. The previous post focused on ...

Bhutan and the World Bank have signed a $515 million financing pact for the Dorjilung hydropower project, with around 80% of ...

The Royal Government of Bhutan and the World Bank have signed financing agreements totalling US$515 million for the 1125 MW ...

Introduction In April 2026, International Rivers facilitated a site visit to the Kunene Region in Namibia where the Namibian ...

The project will account for about one-third of Bhutan's total energy generation, drive economic growth through access to ...

The Treasury is racing to update a feasibility study on a planned 90 megawatt (MW) hydropower plant in Karura within the Tana River cascade, and pave the way for private investment into the ...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) has released a $9.5 million funding opportunity to increase hydropower’s flexibility, allowing it to better balance the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The hydroelectric power plants beneath the waters of the Cumberland River Basin are showing their age. To protect and renew this critical source of zero-emission, reliable energy, ...

I read with interest Alex DeMarban’s Feb. 15 Anchorage Daily News article about Chugach Electric Association’s plans to explore four new hydropower projects. And while I echo Anthony Scott’s comments ...