Roadmaps

The following regional map represents the hydropower development pipeline by project type and development stage:

Source: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2021^[1]

 Below is a map that represents the pumped storage hydropower development pipeline by project type, development stage, renewable energy target progress, and region.

Source: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2021^[2]

Below is a chart that provides a landscape of the challenges in the hydropower industry and the research being done to overcome these challenges.

Source: U.S. Department of Energy, 2022^[3]

Below is a roadmap of the Technical Objectives from the HydroWIRES report.

Source: U.S. Department of Energy, 2022^[4]

• HydroWIRES Initiative Research Roadmap (Department of Energy, 2022)
• Hydropower Vision(Department of Energy, 2018)
• Hydropower Vision Roadmap Update(Presentation from the Department of Energy, 2019)

Updated by Erin Bennett, June 2022