Click on the following links for the latest in IEA Hydro's activities, hydropower news & hydro happenings, world-wide.

April 4 - 6, 2011 in Washington, D.C., at the 2011 National Hydropower Association Annual Conference,

http://www.nationalhydroconference.com/index.html

Hydrovision International will be held in Louisville, Kentucky 17-20 July, 2012. For more information...

International Journal on Hydropower & Dams will host the HYDRO 2012 International Conference and Exhibition in Bilbao, Spain, 29-31 October, 2012. Call for papers and information brochure....

The India Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, offers an International Training Programme on Rural Electrification With Small Hydropower. 6 -17 March, 2012; 21 May - 2 June, 2012 and 20 May - 1 June, 2013 only for participants from African Countries. See brochure for more details ...

The Roorkee Institute is also offering a Masters of Technology programme in Alternate Hydro Energy Systems. For criteria of entry & prospectus ...

The International Centre for Hydropower (ICH), Trondheim, Norway, has announced courses for 2012. See the ICH website for details ...

International Water Power & Dam Construction now has a free, fully searchable database of articles and news stories 1998 -present.

How does hydropower work?

Generating hydroelectricity starts with the annual hydrologic, or water cycle, providing seasonal rain and runoff from snow pack.

The runoff from rain and snow collects in lakes, streams and rivers and flows to dams downstream.

The water funnels through a dam, into a powerhouse and turns a large wheel called a turbine.

The turbine turns a shaft that rotates a series of magnets past copper coils in a generator to create electricity.

The water then returns to the river.

From the powerhouse, transmission lines carry electricity to communities.

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