Water Power Technologies Office Hydropower Fact Sheet

The Hydropower Program at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Water Power Technologies Offce (WPTO) supports research, development, demonstration, and commercial activities to:

• Advance transformative, cost-effective, reliable, and environmentally sustainable hydropower and pumped storage hydropower technologies.
• Better understand and capitalize on opportunities for these technologies to support the nation’s rapidly evolving grid.
• Improve energy-water infrastructure and security.