REW Volume 19 Issue 4 Archives

Hydropower worldwide faces numerous challenges, and most of these cross geographic boundaries. These challenges can range from opposition to new development from environmental groups and local stakeholders to the need for rehabilitation of aging facilities to the importance of properly managing cross-border water resources.

Why Pumped Storage Hydropower Needs More Attention in the Energy Storage Discussion

As most people know, the production and consumption of electricity do not always match. Both in industrial and developing countries with a rising need for energy, there are daily fluctuations in the electricity grid.

A Rising Model: Public Finance in Early Stage Geothermal Development

Developers now have more public financing options available to support the exploration and test drilling phases of geothermal development, where high risk traditionally has limited funding opportunities.

A Look at Liquid Air Energy Storage Technology

With traditional coal-fired power stations coming to the end of their working lives, the challenge to engineers to develop clean, reliable energy technologies has never been so pressing.

The Next Generation in Wind Power Technology

The biggest factors in boosting wind turbine productivity — longer blades and taller towers — are fueling much of the next-generation research and development push to build a more powerful, efficient, durable and cost-effective turbine.

Letter from the Editor: Renewable Energy Battles

We often hear the words "war on coal" or "war on carbon" to describe the energy revolution that we are in the midst of.