ENERGY - 3% Of U.S. Electricity Could Come From U.S. Rivers

Upper Mississippi River via ShutterstockThe Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) recently completed a mapping and assessment of hydrokinetic resources in continental U.S. rivers and found that these undeveloped resources could provide 3% of the nation's annual use of electricity. The assessment is part of an Energy Department effort to assess U.S. hydrokinetic waterpower resources, including river, wave, tidal, ocean thermal, and ocean cur ...

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