Here you'll find an overview of the Water Power Program and links to its program planning, implementation, and results documents. This list summarizes the program's water power research, development, and demonstration activities. Read more about:

  • Overview
    Learn more about this EERE Office.
  • Plans
    Discover the plans, budgets, and analyses that set the direction of office priorities and activities.
  • Implementation
    Find out how the office controls, implements, and adjusts its plans and manages its activities.
  • Results
    Learn about the technological, commercial, and other outputs and outcomes that result from the public funds appropriated to the office and managed by it.

Overview

Key Office Overview Documents
Structure and Key Contacts
Office News
  • Water Power Program News
    News stories about conventional hydropower and marine and hydrokinetic technologies from the U.S. Department of Energy, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the Wind and Water Power Program, and other federal agencies. Details | Bookmark & Share

Plans

Strategic Plans
Office Budgets
Analysis (Risk, Benefit, Portfolio)
  • Effects of Climate Change on Federal Hydropower (Report to Congress)
    This is a formal Department of Energy report to Congress. It outlines the findings of an assessment directed by Congress in Section 9505 of the SECURE Water Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-11), the US Department of Energy (DOE), in consultation with the federal Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs) and other federal agencies, including federal dam owners, has prepared a comprehensive assessment examining the effects of climate change on water available for hydropower at federal facilities and on the marketing of power from these federal facilities. Details | Bookmark & Share
  • Report to Congress on the Potential Environmental Effects of Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technologies
    This report focuses on potential impacts of marine and hydrokinetic technologies to aquatic environments (i.e. rivers, estuaries, and oceans), fish and fish habitats, ecological relationships, and other marine and freshwater aquatic resources. The report does not address impacts to terrestrial ecosystems and organisms that are common to other electricity-generating technologies (e.g., construction and maintenance of transmission lines) or possible effects on the human environment, including: human use conflicts, aesthetics, viewsheds, noise in the terrestrial environment, light, recreation, transportation, navigation, cultural resources, socioeconomic impacts. Details | Bookmark & Share

Implementation

 

Competitive Solicitations and Grant Process
  • Financial Opportunities
    The Water Power Program focuses on technological development, and deployment of innovative technologies capable of generating electricity from water. The program funds research and development activities through competitive solicitations. Financial opportunities are avaliable here. Details | Bookmark & Share
In-Progress Peer Reviews and Process Assessments
  • Water Peer Review
    All programs with the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) are required to undertake rigorous, objective peer review of their funded projects on a yearly basis in order to ensure and enhance the management, relevance, effectiveness, and productivity of those projects. Details | Bookmark & Share
  • 2011 Water Power Technologies Peer Review Report
    This report provides findings from the peer review meeting held in November 2011 to review the progress and accomplishments of the Energy Department Water Power Program. Details | Bookmark & Share

Results

Summary Documents