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However, there is growing interest on the part of hydroelectric companies to tap into the energy-producing potential of the nonpowered dams that remain essential to our infrastructure.

From Washington Post • May 6, 2022

This growth would come not from new dam construction but from upgrading existing hydroelectric resources, adding pumped storage capacity, and retrofitting nonpowered dams for hydropower.

From Washington Post • May 6, 2022

“So, from our perspective, it’s inaccurate to label hydropower, particularly nonpowered dams, as major emitters of methane. It just doesn’t stand to reason.”

From Washington Post • May 6, 2022

The addition of hydropower to nonpowered dams can be financially attractive to developers.

From Washington Post • May 6, 2022

In it, our mostly nonpowered heroes infiltrate a secret Vought facility, a mental institution that’s the “Boys” version of the Island of Misfit Toys.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2021