Water Research News
Stay up to date on the latest water energy research and development news at the National
Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Aug. 27, 2024
A new, specially designed cybersecurity tool for hydropower plants is now in development at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Aug. 14, 2024
Anuj Sanghvi, now an NREL cybersecurity researcher and network security engineer, always knew he wanted to work in engineering. He was one of those children—the ones who take toys and electronics apart to play with the circuit boards.
July 2, 2024
The new Hydropower Testing Network connects hydropower technology developers with testing capability providers that can help developers advance their technologies toward commercialization.
June 28, 2024
With a new resource developed by NREL, hydropower organizations can better prepare for worker turnover and limit knowledge loss along the way.
June 17, 2024
Tina Ortega's connection to and reverence for the natural world inspired her to seek out a career that would help protect the environment.
June 11, 2024
Take a closer look at how NREL is meeting some of the biggest challenges set out for National Ocean Month.
June 6, 2024
The 2024 competitions came to a successful close while more than 30 teams gear up to participate in 2025.
June 5, 2024
University of New Hampshire doctoral candidates are designing an axial-flow tidal turbine that will be collecting data at the mouth of the Piscataqua River in New England.
May 10, 2024
Launched in 2019, the National Alliance for Water Innovation is a research hub that brings together a world-class team of partners from industry and academia as well as the hub's public membership organization.
May 3, 2024
Researchers have been exploring how additive manufacturing could complement marine energy technologies. Hint: the two are a promising pair.
May 2, 2024
Alaska's Cook Inlet contains huge amounts of untapped tidal energy. But little is known about how much economic value this powerful inlet could bring to Alaska—until now.
April 18, 2024
Together, BOTTLE's upstream approach and WaterPACT's downstream approach to addressing the plastic pollution problem will enable a better future for humanity and our environment.
April 17, 2024
Offshore wind makes sense for decarbonizing energy production and building energy security and independence when it comes to ocean renewable energy production in Alaska’s Outer Continental Shelf.
April 15, 2024
NREL experts weigh in on the benefits and downsides to our oldest form of renewable energy.
April 4, 2024
Teams of postsecondary students are invited to join these challenging competitions that offer skills-building experience, a deep dive into clean energy technologies, and the chance to win cash prizes.
April 3, 2024
Pumped storage hydropower might be one of the most promising ways to store energy for a future 100% clean energy grid. But it has been difficult for the public to know how much these facilities might cost to build—until now.
March 28, 2024
Researchers across labs joined a Marine Energy Career Panel and agreed that their jobs are nothing if not varied.
March 20, 2024
Newly launched Renewable Energy Discovery Island could make it easy to teach, explore, and learn about clean energy (especially water power).
March 13, 2024
A new report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory explores investment opportunities in hydropower.
March 8, 2024
Alec Schnabel is working to advance one especially powerful part of marine energy technologies: their electronic guts.
Feb. 1, 2024
In a new study, NREL researchers analyzed the benefits and drawbacks of promising marine carbon management techniques.
Jan. 22, 2024
The new $5 million SOLVE IT Prize will support development of innovative local clean energy solutions with heavy community involvement.
Jan. 16, 2024
Nicole Mendoza is building extra-sustainable clean energy technologies, including kelp-like wave energy devices that mimic her beloved nature.
Jan. 16, 2024
A newly patented kind of energy generator could be woven into fabrics, building walls, or roads to form what their inventors call "metamaterials."
Jan. 9, 2024
Dany Tome, a graduate student at the University of South-Eastern Norway, spent five weeks at NREL as part of a larger partnership between Norway and the United States. As part of his internship, Tome researched hydropower, one of the world's biggest sources of renewable energy.
