Welcome to the official podcast of Northwest Hydropower! Yes, you read that right. We’ll be covering hydropower, energy, and environmental issues while sharing the stories of the most interesting folks you’ve probably never heard of—from salmon scientists and policymakers to the heroes of public power. Now fire up those water-powered devices and get to listening!

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    Ep.45 Not your average port

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    Hydro 101: Lock in on locks

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    Ep. 44 Fight for the system

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    Ep.43 Wheat’s the big deal?

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    Ep.42 Dam! Year in Review

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    Ep.41 Salmon rejoice! Reintroduction on the Green River

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    Ep.40 Telling “The Whole Dam Story”

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    Hydro 101: What is a watt?

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    Ep.39 The silent service of the sagebrush sailors

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    Ep.38 Now hiring! (For the clean energy future)

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    Ep.37 Cost Cap: Setting the record straight

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    Ep.36 Cause for celebration

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    Ep.35 Hydropower on the small screen

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    Hydro 101: A brief history on Northwest hydropower

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    Ep.34 Designing fish-safe hydropower

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    Ep.33 Charge! Funding the future of battery storage

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    Ep.32 Forecasting our clean energy future

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    Hydro 101: How fish navigate dams

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    Ep.31 Who’s in charge around here?

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    Ep.30 Live at the USSD 2024 annual conference!

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    Ep.29 Can hydro survive climate change?

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    Ep.28 Behind the story of The Grand Promise

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    Ep.27 Elementary, my dear Waterpower

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    Ep.26 How hydro powered through the January cold snap

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    Ep.25 “Ask Bob”

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    Hydro 101: Introduction to Hydropower

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    Ep.24 Get a job… in hydro!

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    Ep.23 Catch fish, win prizes, save salmon

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    Ep.22 The show must go on!

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    Ep.21 Saying goodbye

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    Ep.20 It takes a water-powered village

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    Ep.19 “Enchanted” grid resiliency solutions

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    Ep.18 The little nukes that could

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    Ep.17 Microgrid in a box

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    Ep.16 Rollin’ down the river highway

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    Ep.15 Moving the grid forward… with Grid Forward

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    Ep.14 Wildfire: A worst case scenario for public power

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    Ep.13 The unsung hero of the grid

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    Ep.12 Boom or bust: There’s water in them hills!

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    Ep.11 Policies have consequences

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    Ep.10 Public power podcastin’

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    Ep.9 Lightning to the transportation

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    Ep.8 Hydro history

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    Ep.7 Communication is key

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    Ep.6 Of farms & family

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    Ep.5 Analyze & energize

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    Ep.4 Hydrogen: The “other” hydro power

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    Ep.3 The cliff of grid reliability

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    Ep.2 Pumped on storage

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    Ep.1 What’s this Dam! podcast about?