Hydrokinetic power shows great promise for growth as it can be theoretically installed in both industrial waterways such as wastewater treatment and food processing plants, and natural water ways ...

The nation's first commercial hydrokinetic turbine, which harnesses the power from moving water without the construction of a dam, has splashed into the waters of the Mississippi River near Hastings, ...

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OpenHydro, raised for inspection. Giant whirlpools, 100-knot winds, some of Europe's mightiest tides: The icy waters off Scotland's northern tip are no place for pleasure craft. But they're ideal for ...

Barely a month after the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) licensed the nation’s first commercial hydrokinetic power station, Houston-based Hydro Green Energy in January completed ...

Hastings is now the scene of the nation’s first licensed hydrokinetic power project. Philip D. Moeller, a commissioner with the Federal Regulatory Energy Commission (FERC), on Thursday initiated full ...

Earlier this month, I discussed new efforts to tap the flowing energy of American rivers (see: Hydrokinetic energy on the Mississippi). Apparently, in-stream hydrokinetic power is en vogue elsewhere, ...

A Texas energy company that wants to harness Niagara River current to produce hydrokinetic power has been awarded two preliminary permits to investigate the cutting-edge electricity generation ...

BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The marine and hydrokinetic industry, which aims to harness various marine and hydrokinetic resources including ocean waves, tidal streams, river flows, ocean currents ...

Hydroelectric power has always been a pretty “green” way to generate electricty, simply interrupting the natural hydrological cycle to borrow some of its potential energy to convert to electrical ...