Kathmandu, Aug. 29 -- Deep beneath the mud and debris of Nepal's Trishuli corridor, hundreds of hydropower workers are believed to be trapped in tunnels and underground powerhouses.

The surface of the Greenland ice sheet is melting, creating a network of ephemeral rivers and waterfalls that scientists say produces more hydropower than the collective output of the 10 largest hydroelectric stations on the planet.

Nepali army teams searched yesterday for more than 100 people trapped inside a hydropower tunnel two days after devastating floods struck the site, as India...

This is the third in a series of posts about how system-scale perspectives are vital to the planning and development of sustainable power systems, including hydropower. This post will focus on how system-scale planning of power systems, and of hydropower ...

China has constructed dozens of underground hydropower projects near Nepal's Rasuwagadhi Valley adjoining Tibet, including operational projects along the Yarlung Tsangpo River and the planned Midog Dam.

The chief secretary stressed the need for sustained inter-departmental coordination, rigorous project monitoring and timely resolution of bottlenecks to maintain the pace of execution and unlock J-K's considerable hydropower potential.

Even modern and supposedly gentler hydropower plants cause considerable damage to river ecosystems. This is shown by a study by Prof. Jürgen Geist from the Chair of Aquatic Systems Biology at the TUM School of Life Sciences published in the Journal of ...

Nepal’s government has allowed several private hydropower producers to develop projects inside protected areas and the buffer zones surrounding them, contravening a Supreme Court order, a Mongabay investigation reveals.

Nepal’s latest flash floods have left a trail of destruction across its Himalayan valleys, damaging hydropower plants, roads, bridges and other infrastructure while disrupting a key route for trade and tourism with China.

Low water levels at the Lake Oroville reservoir in May, 2021 due to California's drought. A few months later the hydropower plant shut down for the first time since the dam was completed in 1967. Even as a scorching, dry summer fades toward winter, the ...

Dhading, Aug. 26 -- A flash flood has swept through the Timure and Syabrubesi areas of Rasuwa, damaging markets and hydropower projects and prompting authorities to warn communities downstream along the Trishuli river.