Red Rock Hydro Plant

Red Rock Hydroelectric Project: Successfully Generating New Power from a Pre-Existing Dam

The Red Rock Hydroelectric Project (RRHP) on the Des Moines River, about 2.5 miles southwest of Pella, Iowa, is one example of just such a project.

Can Retrofitting Dams for Hydro Provide a Green Energy Boost?

With the era of building big dams over in the U.S., a growing number of existing dams are being modified to produce hydropower.

Red Rock Dam in Pella, Iowa, Becomes a Hydrodam

The Red Rock Hydroelectric Plant near Pella, Iowa, was commissioned late last year adding a new hydroelectric power-generating facility to an existing flood...

$400 million hydroelectric plant at Red Rock Dam will produce electricity for thousands

A massive $400 million hydroelectric plant is nearly ready to produce clean, renewable energy for Pella and other communities across Iowa and the Midwest.