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Mpiana-Mwanga Hydroelectric Station Generates Renewable Energy After 30-Year Hiatus

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Mpiana-Mwanga Hydroelectric Station Generates Renewable Energy After 30-Year Hiatus

08-03-2020

Uganda Set to Construct $1.4bn Hydropower Plant on the Nile
A Chinese firm has applied for a license in Uganda to develop a US $1.4bn hydropower plant that could potentially expand the country’s generation capacity by 40%.
08-03-2020

Iran Designs AVC System for Hydroelectric Power Plants
Iranian experts and engineers have indigenized the knowledge for manufacturing automatic voltage control (AVC) system, which is high-technology equipment used in hydroelectric power plants, IRNA reported.
03-03-2020

Coronavirus Delays Construction Progress on 510-MW Batang Toru Hydropower Plant in Indonesia
Work on the 510-MW Batang Toru hydropower plants in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia, was temporarily shut down in mid-February because workers from mainland China are unable to fly to the country due to a coronavirus-related travel ban, multiple news ag
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02-03-2020

Laos Improves Dam Safety to Boost Electricity Export
The Lao Ministry of Energy and Mines is putting in place measures and standards for dam safety when the government works to boost electricity sales to its foreign trading partners.
02-03-2020

Albania Seeks Investment to Support Existing Hydropower
Albania, a country of about 2.9 million people, is a net importer of electricity, and power supply security is a major challenge for the country, which is situated north of Greece and borders the Adriatic and Ionian seas
27-02-2020

147-MW Ruzizi III Hydropower Project in Africa gets EIB Backup
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing €9 million (US$9.8 million) to support the implementation of the 147-MW Ruzizi III hydropower project, which will benefit people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda and Burundi.
26-02-2020

Nigeria Settles Dispute Over Construction of Mambilla Hydro Plant
Nigeria is set to build the second-largest hydropower plant in Africa after the government settled a legal dispute that was delaying the project, said power minister Sale Mamman.
25-02-2020

$4.8bn Nigerian Dam to go Ahead After Lengthy Arbitration
Nigeria is clear to start building Africa’s second-largest hydroelectric plant after the government settled an arbitration case that was holding it up.
25-02-2020

Work on Mambilla Hydropower Project Now Set to Start
The Mambilla facility, complex of dams on the Donga River in the eastern Taraba state, will produce 3,050 MW, equivalent to a quarter of Nigeria’s current installed capacity.
25-02-2020

New Energy Projects Kick Off Across China
China Three Gorges Corp, the builder and operator of the world's biggest hydroelectric power project, the Three Gorges Dam, announced on Monday the commencement of 25 new energy projects with a total investment of 58 billion yuan ($8.25 billion).
24-02-2020

Bhutan’s Hydropower Potential, Availability Increases to 37GW
Bhutan's hydropower potential and availability is currently at around 37GW from 155 identified sites, including existing power plants.
24-02-2020

IHA launches $1m assessment fund for sustainable hydropower projects
A new sustainability fund has been launched to aid hydropower project developers and operators in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas to benchmark and raise their social and environmental performance, with the first call for proposals having an April 20
23-02-2020

Hydropower Potential Increases to 37,000MW
The country’s hydropower potential and availability is now around 37 gigawatt (GW) or 37,000 megawatt (MW) from 155 identified sites, including the existing power plants.
22-02-2020

Hydropower could be the Future of Energy and Water Storage
Seasonal pumped hydropower storage (SPHS) could be an affordable and sustainable solution to store energy and water, according to new research published in the journal Nature Communications.
21-02-2020

IHA Launches $1m Assessment Fund for Hydropower Projects
A new sustainability fund, using the Hydropower Sustainability ESG Gap Analysis Tool (HESG), will aid hydropower project developers and operators to benchmark and raise their social and environmental performance.
18-02-2020

Government Paying Shs10m Per hour for Unconsumed Achwa Power
Government could, within two years, lose more money than what it has invested in establishing Achwa hydropower station unless the construction of a power transmission line to evacuate the generated power is rushed.
18-02-2020

Dasu Hydropower Project to Start Generation in 2024: Wapda Chairman
Construction work on Dasu Hydropower Project is gaining momentum as the issue pertaining to rates of land has been resolved due to support by the federal and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governments.
18-02-2020

PowerChina Seeks Licence for Ugandan $1.4bn Hydropower Plant
Chinese energy company PowerChina has applied to Uganda for a licence to develop a $1.4bn hydroelectric power plan on the river Nile.
16-02-2020

Liberia Signs US $34m Deal for Gbedin Waterfalls Hydropower Project
The government of Liberia has signed a financial agreement worth US $34m with the African Development Bank (AfDB) for Gbedin waterfalls hydropower project.
15-02-2020

GE to Upgrade 218 MW Philippines Hydro Plant
GE Renewable Energy has won a contract with Angat Hydropower to rehabilitate the 218 MW Angat hydro plant in the Philippines.
14-02-2020

PowerChina Seeks Licence for Ugandan $1.4bn Hydropower Plant
Chinese energy company PowerChina has applied to Uganda for a licence to develop a $1.4bn hydroelectric power plan on the river Nile.
12-02-2020

Africa Charts its Course for Sustainable Hydropower Development
Senior African government representatives and leaders from the energy sector, financial institutions and civil society gathered in Abidjan to chart a course for the sustainable development of the continent’s hydropower resources.
11-02-2020

GE to Work on Angat Rehab in the Philippines
Angat Hydropower Corporation has awarded GE Renewable Energy a contract to rehabilitate the 218MW Angat hydropower plant located in the Philippines – the first major rehabilitation program since the facility was commissioned in 1967.
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10-02-2020

Planned Hydropower Dams Threaten Fish in the Tropics
Planned hydropower dams will greatly increase threats for freshwater fish species because of habitat fragmentation, especially in the tropics.
08-02-2020

Rwanda Secures $214 mln China Loan for Hydropower Plant
Rwanda secured a $214 million loan from China’s Export-Import Bank (EximBank)to build a new 43.5 megawatts hydropower plant that will help it reduce reliance on non-renewable energy sources and stabilise the grid, the government said on Friday.

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