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
- Wind and Water Power Program - Water Power for a Clean Energy Future
This fact sheet provides an overview of the U.S. Department of Energy's Water Power Program. Details | Bookmark & Share - EERE Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program Technology Review (Deep Dive) for Under Secretaries Johnson and Koonin
September 4, 2009 presentation highlighting the Wind and Hydropower Program, addressing program goals and objectives, budgets, technology pathways, breakthroughs, and DOE solutions to market barriers. Details | Bookmark & Share
Structure and Key Contacts
- Water Power Program Contacts and Organization
This organizational chart shows the management of the water team and cross-cutting functions in the program. Details | Bookmark & Share
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
- A New Vision for U.S. Hydropower
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Water Power Program is looking toward the future of the hydropower industry by initiating the development of a long-range national Hydropower Vision. Details | Bookmark & Share
Office Budgets
- FY 2013 DOE Budget Request to Congress (Water Program)
These documents reflect the Department of Energy's Budget Request to Congress for FY 2013. Details | Bookmark & Share - Department of Energy FY 2014 Congressional Budget Request (Water Program)
Documents the DOE FY 2014 Congressional Budget Request Details | Bookmark & Share - EERE FY 2014 Budget Request (Water Program)
This is an EERE presentation on the FY 2014 budget request. Details | Bookmark & Share - EERE FY 2012 Budget Request
This is an EERE presentation on the FY 2012 budget request. Details | Bookmark & Share - Department of Energy FY 2012 Congressional Budget Request
Documents the DOE FY 2012 Congressional Budget Request Details | Bookmark & Share - FY 2011 DOE Budget Request to Congress
These documents reflect the Department of Energy's Budget Request to Congress for FY 2011. Details | Bookmark & Share - Water Power Program Budget History
Here you can learn more about the program's budget for this fiscal year as well as budgets in previous fiscal years. Details | Bookmark & Share
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
- Hydropower Projects, Fiscal Years 2008-2014
This report covers the Wind and Water Power Technologies Office's hydropower project funding from 2008 to 2014. Details | Bookmark & Share - Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Projects, Fiscal Years 2008-2014
This report covers the Wind and Water Power Technologies Office’s marine and hydrokinetic projects and funding from 2008 to 2014. Details | Bookmark & Share