Hydropower Environmental Decision Support (EDS) Toolkit Informational Webinar
An overview of the Hydropower Environmental Decision Support Toolkit and how it supports decision-making with linked environmental data and workflow context.
HydroSource Learning
Learning
Browse web tutorials, user manuals, and hydropower cybersecurity learning resources available on HydroSource.
Web Tutorials
Need the platform while you watch? These webinars are designed to help you learn effectively.
Annual Technology Baseline: The 2021 Electricity Update
A webinar covering the Annual Technology Baseline and how the 2021 electricity update can inform technology planning and analysis.
Stream Classification Explorer Tutorial 1
Introduces the ORNL Stream Classification platform interface, including five thematic layers and essential tools for navigating its hydrologic dataset.
Stream Classification Explorer Tutorial 2
Guides advanced use of spatial and attribute queries to filter millions of stream reaches by hydrologic characteristics and energy development potential.
User Manuals
Reference these core manuals and documentation resources while working through tutorials and analyses.
ORNL HydroSource Data Dictionary V1.0
Published: March 2019
Documents the foundational HSDM1 structure built from ORNL WPTO-funded research to support reliable, long-term management of expanding hydropower data and guide future HydroSource database development for U.S. stakeholders.
User Manual for Stream Classification
Published: January 2016
A nested, layered stream classification across about 900,000 reaches in the Eastern U.S. helps identify stream similarities, support hydropower mitigation planning, and guide regulatory applications with objective, data-rich context.
ORNL HydroSource Data Model V1.0
Outlines the Version 1 HydroSource relational database schema that unifies U.S. hydropower datasets, including plants, turbines, reservoirs, environmental mitigation, and stream classifications, with entity relationships and external source cross-walks for robust planning and analytics.
Learning Resources
Additional learning materials focused on operational resilience and cybersecurity in hydropower.
Hydroelectric Cybersecurity Response and Recovery
Practical response-and-recovery resources for hydropower cyber incidents, including a plant flipbook, a NIST-to-FEMA incident navigator, a linked reference library, and an implementation overview for operators and partner agencies.
TORCH: Training, Outreach, and Recruitment for Cybersecurity in Hydropower
TORCH builds hydropower-focused cybersecurity capability through practical training, outreach, and workforce development for current and future industry roles.
Standard Modular Hydropower Visual Introduction
ORNL is creating standardized, scalable technologies that match stream environments, lower costs, and speed deployment of new hydropower facilities. This video provides an overview of how a Standard Modular Hydropower system can be implemented.
Story Maps
Explore interactive story maps featuring basin-scale hydropower data, project lifecycle context, reservoir sedimentation, and environmental mitigation insights.
HydroSource Story Map: A story on US Hydropower Data for Basin-Scale Applications
The HydroSource Story Map presents a high-level overview of ORNL HydroSource data products that can be used in basin-scale applications across the United States to conceptualize and quantitatively analyze the complex dynamics, effects, and implications of energy-water systems.
Sedimentation in U.S. Reservoirs
Sediment buildup in aging U.S. reservoirs is a growing concern for sustainable water storage, flood control, and power generation. This Story Map highlights severe sedimentation in Tuttle Creek Reservoir and showcases proactive mitigation efforts including upstream streambank stabilization and Water Injection Dredging demonstrations.
US Hydropower & Environmental Mitigations: A 1998-2023 inventory of mitigation measures inside licensing documents
This Story Map explores trends in environmental mitigation measures for FERC-licensed U.S. hydropower projects and their relation to aquatic endangered species critical habitats. It also describes how natural language processing models are used to extract insight from extensive licensing documents.
Lifecycle of US Hydropower Facilities
The lifecycle of a hydropower project spans multiple stages, from planning and resource assessment through decommissioning. This Story Map provides a high-level overview of each stage needed to support successful, sustainable projects with minimal impact on local communities and the environment.