Hydropower/STEM

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STEM for Hydropower

This information-sharing portal is designed to help spur innovation and growth in the hydropower energy technologies industry and support workforce development.

Hydropower Foundation, 2011 DOE-funded fellowship students

NREL's hydropower knowledge-sharing succession planning toolkit is coming soon!

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math for Hydropower

Hydropower energy technologies play an important role in the growing renewable energy industry, but there are not enough workers to fill open jobs in the sector. To continue to spur innovation and growth in these exciting technology areas, the industry needs to inspire the next generation of hydropower energy workers. The U.S. Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory are developing the STEM for Hydropower and STEM for marine energy portals to help interested students learn and to provide resources for academia and industry to educate the future workforce.

Access Educator Resources

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Workforce Data & Analysis
Discover hydropower workforce and job-related data:
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Resources
Find hydropower STEM resources, including:
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Networking & Career Building
Access tools to build your hydropower career network:
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Prizes & Competitions
Search opportunities to compete for hydropower prizes sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Water Power Technologies Office and learn more about:


See Fact Sheet: Prizes Power NREL Water Power Innovation for more information.
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Hydropower Site Tours
Explore locations of hydropower generation and research sites with museums and educational facilities, including:
  • Site tours (interactive map)
  • Virtual tours of power generation facilities such as dams, locks, canals, hydro plants, and pumped storage facilities (interactive map)
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Research
Learn about the latest hydropower research:

This portal is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO). The United States Government retains, and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes.

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