WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy announced that it expects to award up to 14 cooperative agreements for innovative design concepts for standard modular hydropower and pumped-storage hydropower. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $9 million with a ceiling of $1,250,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with energy. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; independent s  more