Hydro provides reliable electricity even during historic droughts says new study
A new study funded by the US Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) has found that hydropower has continued to provide reliable electricity even during times of historic droughts. The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), with funding from WPTO, conducted a multi-regional study of drought’s impact on 21st century hydropower generation in the western US – with the report the described as the most comprehensive look into the effects of drought on hydropower generation in the US this century. … The PNNL study looked at eight climate sub-regions across 11 western states, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.