Citation
Erik H. Schmidt, Megan M. Johnson, Debjani Singh and Shih-Chieh Kao. The 2026 National Hydropower Map. HydroSource. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
Overview
The 2026 National Hydropower Map displays the geospatial distribution and characteristics of U.S. operational hydropower plants from 2020-2026. Plant capacity data were obtained from the Existing Hydropower Assets (EHA) Plant Database, 2026 (Johnson et al. 2026).
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Existing Hydropower Assets (EHA) Plant Database, 2026
The Existing Hydropower Assets (EHA) Plant Database is a geospatially comprehensive point-level dataset containing locations and key characteristics of U.S. hydropower plants that are currently operational.
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