hydropower visionaries-
working towards an update

the hydropower foundation is working with the pacific northwest national lab and the U.S. Department of Energy, waterpower technologies office to revise the hydropower vision report.  

Chapter 2 – State of Hydropower in the United States: Summarizes the status of hydropower in the United States as of the end of the year 2015.

Chapter 3 – Assessment of National Hydropower Potential: Applies detailed electric sector modeling and impacts assessment to explore an array of possible futures for the hydropower industry and to better understand a subset of the quantifiable impacts associated with multiple scenarios.  

Remembering the Hydropower Vision Chapter 4 – The Hydropower Vision Roadmap: A Pathway Forward: Provides a detailed roadmap of potential technical, economic and institutional actions by hydropower community to optimize hydropower’s continued contribution to a clean, reliable low-carbon domestic energy generation portfolio, while also ensuring the nation’s national resources are adequately protected or conserved.