Plans, Implementation, and Results

Here you'll find an overview of the Water Power Program and links to its program planning, implementation, and results documents. This list summarizes the program's water power research, development, and demonstration activities. Read more about:

• Overview

  Learn more about this EERE Office.

• Plans

  Discover the plans, budgets, and analyses that set the direction of office priorities and activities.

• Implementation

  Find out how the office controls, implements, and adjusts its plans and manages its activities.

• Results
  Learn about the technological, commercial, and other outputs and outcomes that result from the public funds appropriated to the office and managed by it.

Overview

Key Office Overview Documents

• Wind and Water Power Program - Water Power for a Clean Energy Future
  
  This fact sheet provides an overview of the U.S. Department of Energy's Water Power Program.
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• EERE Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program Technology Review (Deep Dive) for Under Secretaries Johnson and Koonin
  
  September 4, 2009 presentation highlighting the Wind and Hydropower Program, addressing program goals and objectives, budgets, technology pathways, breakthroughs, and DOE solutions to market barriers.
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Structure and Key Contacts

• Water Power Program Contacts and Organization
  
  This organizational chart shows the management of the water team and cross-cutting functions in the program.
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Office News

• Water Power Program News
  
  News stories about conventional hydropower and marine and hydrokinetic technologies from the U.S. Department of Energy, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the Wind and Water Power Program, and other federal agencies.
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Plans

Office Budgets

• FY 2013 DOE Budget Request to Congress (Water Program)
  
  These documents reflect the Department of Energy's Budget Request to Congress for FY 2013.
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• Department of Energy FY 2014 Congressional Budget Request (Water Program)
  
  Documents the DOE FY 2014 Congressional Budget Request
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• EERE FY 2014 Budget Request (Water Program)
  
  This is an EERE presentation on the FY 2014 budget request.
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• EERE FY 2012 Budget Request
  
  This is an EERE presentation on the FY 2012 budget request.
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• Department of Energy FY 2012 Congressional Budget Request
  
  Documents the DOE FY 2012 Congressional Budget Request
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• FY 2011 DOE Budget Request to Congress
  
  These documents reflect the Department of Energy's Budget Request to Congress for FY 2011.
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• Water Power Program Budget History
  
  Here you can learn more about the program's budget for this fiscal year as well as budgets in previous fiscal years.
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Analysis (Risk, Benefit, Portfolio)

• Report to Congress on the Potential Environmental Effects of Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technologies
  
  This report focuses on potential impacts of marine and hydrokinetic technologies to aquatic environments (i.e. rivers, estuaries, and oceans), fish and fish habitats, ecological relationships, and other marine and freshwater aquatic resources. The re
  This report focuses on potential impacts of marine and hydrokinetic technologies to aquatic environments (i.e. rivers, estuaries, and oceans), fish and fish habitats, ecological relationships, and other marine and freshwater aquatic resources. The report does not address impacts to terrestrial ecosystems and organisms that are common to other electricity-generating technologies (e.g., construction and maintenance of transmission lines) or possible effects on the human environment, including: human use conflicts, aesthetics, viewsheds, noise in the terrestrial environment, light, recreation, transportation, navigation, cultural resources, socioeconomic impacts.

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Implementation

Competitive Solicitations and Grant Process

• Financial Opportunities
  
  The Water Power Program focuses on technological development, and deployment of innovative technologies capable of generating electricity from water. The program funds research and development activities through competitive solicitations. Financial
  The Water Power Program focuses on technological development, and deployment of innovative technologies capable of generating electricity from water. The program funds research and development activities through competitive solicitations. Financial opportunities are avaliable here.

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In-Progress Peer Reviews and Process Assessments

• 2011 Water Power Technologies Peer Review Report
  
  This report provides findings from the peer review meeting held in November 2011 to review the progress and accomplishments of the Energy Department Water Power Program.
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Results

Summary

• U.S. Department of Energy Wind and Water Power Program Funding in the United States: Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Projects, FY 2008 – FY 2011
  
  This report covers the Wind and Water Power Program’s announced funding of marine and hydrokinetic projects from FY 2008 to FY 2011.
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• U.S. Department of Energy Wind and Water Power Program Funding in the United States: Conventional Hydropower Projects, FY 2008 – FY 2011
  
  This report covers the Wind and Water Power Program’s announced funding of 14 Conventional Hydropower projects from FY 2008 to FY 2011.
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