Federal Agencies Ramp up US Hydropower Initiatives

[Fledermaus]

Federal agencies are ramping up efforts to increase hydropower production in the US.

The Department of the Interior released the results of an internal study that shows it could generate up to one million megawatt hours of electricity annually and create renewable energy jobs by adding hydropower capacity at 70 existing facilities.

The report, Hydropower Resource Assessment at Existing Reclamation Facilities, estimates the additional hydropower capabilities could create enough energy to annually power more than 85,000 households. Based on industry estimates for job potential associated with the kind of hydropower additions identified in this report, approximately 1,200 hydropower jobs could be created, including jobs in administration, manufacturing, construction, engineering, operations and maintenance.

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