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US-based power and gas utility Avista has received a new 50-year operating license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the five hydropower developments that make up its Spokane River Project.

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What does the future hold for the world's largest renewable energy source, hydropower? Hydropower is an incredibly old source of energy, tracing its usage back to the watermills that have been a staple of civilisations since ancient times. Today, it is the largest source of renewable energy in the world, with an installed capacity of over 1126GW in 2018. Hydropower is particularly prominent in China, where the world's largest power station Three Gorges power plant in Hubei province produces 22.5GW. Other massive projects also dot the country, including the Xilodu (12.3GW) and Longtan (6.3GW) dams.

Keeyask Hydroelectric Generating Station is a proposed 695MW hydropower project on the lower Nelson River, about 725km north-east of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and 69km upstream from Limestone Generating Station, the biggest hydropower generating station in the region. Construction of the Keeyask hydropower project is expected to commence in late 2014, following regulatory approvals, and will be completed by 2021.

A 2000 report by the World Commission on Dams showed a huge fall in popularity, leading some to declare the era of the dam was over. Almost two decades on and they are enjoying something of a renaissance. Andrew Tunnicliffe speaks with Professor Benjamin Sovacool about the impact dams have on the socioeconomics of a country and why corruption is often rife.