US Government Rations Colorado River Water For First Time In History
For the first time since the Hoover Dam was completed, the federal government has announced cuts in the amount of water some states will receive from the Colorado River.
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Hoover Dam Reservoir Hits Record Lows Amid Extreme Drought In The American West
The severe drought in the American West, a result of this winter’s historically bad snowpack, has worsened after another dry week, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Huge swaths — 88% — of the western U.S. are in drought conditions, with 26% experiencing “exceptional” drought, a figure expected to grow … [continued]
Refurbishing Baseload Power Stations To Backup Renewables
A number of stories have popped up in the news recently about turning traditional hydroelectric stations, which generate power by using water captured from a flowing river, into pumped storage facilities, which cycle the water using more energy to do so than they produce.
City Of Los Angeles Wants To Turn Hoover Dam Into World’s Largest Pumped Energy Storage…
Los Angeles Water & Power has a plan to build a pumping station 20 miles downstream from Hoover Dam to return some of the water in the lower Colorado River so it can be used to make more electricity. But the devil is in the details.
US Could Double Hydropower Production
Originally published on Climate Central. By Bobby Magill The Grand Canyon was once targeted as a major dam site by the federal government, a project eventually scuttled after widespread protest. Nobody is revisiting the idea of a dam there, but a new U.S. Department of Energy report shows that the Grand Canyon … [continued]
Missouri Could Squash Economic Development From Renewable Energy In The State
Last week, the Missouri House passed a bill that, if it becomes a law, would greatly weaken a popular renewable energy law that was anticipated to create 22,000 jobs and associated economic development in the state. It’s the same sort of bill that was recently rejected by Kansas legislators. Here’s more from … [continued]
Solar Power to Pay Nevada City’s Debt, Government Costs for Decades
Boulder City, Nevada is best known as the home of Hoover Dam, once the largest hydroelectric power plant in the country. But the rapid expansion of solar power projects is quickly making a name for the city as the first solar-financed town in America.
