A Powerhouse In Hydroelectricity

Rye Development was founded with a mission - to develop and commercialize both run-of-river and pumped storage projects that produce clean, renewable, and 24/7 energy. Since then, Rye has successfully secured 23 FERC licenses to develop its run-of-river and pumped storage projects - positioning itself as a leader in the hydropower industry.

  • Rye’s contribution to a sustainable future is commercializing proven technologies that utilize existing water resources to generate power to meet today’s energy supply and storage needs.
  • Closed Loop Pumped Storage: Rye is the leading developer of closed loop pumped hydro storage, bringing long duration, grid-scale storage to the forefront of the 100% renewable grid.
  • Run of River generation: Developing 22 low impact projects.
  • Our mission is to advance the next generation of hydropower development in order to help address climate change and improve environmental quality, while providing reliable and predictable power to customers and the U.S. transmission grid.
  • We are a transparent partner that is community and relationship-driven.

Rye Development is a partnership of Climate Adaptive Infrastructure, an infrastructure investment firm specializing in low-carbon real assets in the energy, water and urban infrastructure sectors, and EDF Inc., a subsidiary of the EDF Group—a global energy company with over 23 gigawatts of operating hydropower.