Hydropower Generation Expected to Recover Despite Snow Drought in the West

In our April Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we expect U.S. hydropower generation will increase by 5% in 2026 but remain 1.8% below the 10-year average following snow drought conditions in some states. Hydropower generation in 2025 increased to 245 billion kilowatthours (BkWh), about 4 BkWh more than the record-low generation year 2024. ... [continued] The post Hydropower Generation Expected to Recover Despite Snow Drought in the West appeared first on CleanTechnica.