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Sprawled like a gigantic swimming pool atop a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan is an asphalt-and-clay pond holding enough water to produce electricity for 1.6 million households. It’s part of the Ludington Pumped Storage Plant, which uses simple technology: Water is piped from a lower reservoir — the lake, in this case — to an upper…

LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) — Sprawled like a gigantic swimming pool atop a bluff overlooking...

Trading fossil fuels for wind and solar is good for the planet, but what happens when the wind doesn't blow or the sun doesn't shine?

Sprawled atop a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan is an asphalt-and-clay pond holding enough water to produce electricity for 1.6 million households.

As the United States pushes to use more low-carbon energy, there has been a recent improvement in relations between the hydropower industry and some environmental groups.

Biden's energy policies and the Russian invasion of Ukraine bring to light how the United States could turn to 87,000 dams for hydropower.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In southwestern Pennsylvania, eight locks and dams that for decades helped barges move goods along the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers will in a few years also

Of the 90,000 dams in America, just 2,500 produce electricity, but there are plans to retrofit and upgrade old dams to produce more electricity and to restore wildlife

After years of criticism from environmentalists over water quality concerns and impacts on species like salmon, hydropower companies say that with innovation to tackle their dams’ problems, they can play an important role in the transition to green energy.

Eight locks and dams in southwestern Pennsylvania that for decades helped barges move goods along the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers could in a few years also generate enough hydropower for 75,000 homes.