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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

26-11-2019

Dasu 4,320MW Hydropower Project Contract Signed for Rs52.5 Billion
The Water and Power Development Authority on Monday signed a contract of Rs52.5 billion with a joint venture of General Electric Hydro China and Power China Zhongnan Engineering Corporation for electro-mechanical works of the Dasu hydropower project.
26-11-2019

India's Hydropower Capacity Addition Plans in Limbo
India, the 7th largest hydropower making country in the world, had an installed hydro capacity of around 45,400 MW by end 2018
25-11-2019

Fifth Overhauled Unit at EPS’ Hydropower Plant Đerdap 1 Put in Operation
State power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) has put in operation the fifth overhauled unit at HPP Đerdap 1, adding 30 MW of installed capacity to Serbia’s biggest hydropower plant.
23-11-2019

Ecuador’s Pichincha Province Dusting Off Four Small Hydro Projects
Ecuador’s Pichincha provincial government is looking to dust off four small hydroelectric projects, which would help cover local demand as national authorities advance larger plants that are primed for potential export.According to BNamericas, t
22-11-2019

J-Power Recommits to Kidston Pumped Hydro Plan, Pending New Off-Take Deal
Genex Power has struck a new agreement with Japanese utility J-Power that renews its interest in buying ab equity stake in the Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro project, subject to a new off take agreement being sealed.
22-11-2019

Building on Hydro’s Strengths to Integrate Solar, Microgrid into a Portfolio
Southern Company has taken a unique approach to integrating its work with solar farms and microgrids into its existing generating portfolio and plant personnel
22-11-2019

Brazil’s 11.2-GW Belo Monte Hydro Project Approved for Full Operations
Brazil’s 11.2-GW Belo Monte hydropower plant in the Amazon rainforest will start operating at full capacity, after clearance from regulator Aneel was received earlier this week.
22-11-2019

Bui Power Authority Completes 45-kW Small Hydro Station in Ghana
The Bui Power Authority announces it has completed work on the 45-kW Tsatsadu Generating Station, which it calls Ghana’s first micro-hydropower plant.
21-11-2019

Voith Revamp for Ethiopian Hydro
Voith is to provide service and operations consultancy for the Ethiopian hydropower plant Gilgel Gibe 2.
20-11-2019

Taconnaz 4.5MW Hydropower Plant Has Produced Its First Kilowatt Hours
Voltalia, an international player in renewable energies, announces that production has started at its 4.5 MW run-of-the-river hydropower plant on the Taconnaz torrent in the Haute-Savoie department (France).
19-11-2019

Zimbabwe Includes Pumped Storage Hydro in Renewable Energy Strategy
Swedish-owned Ngonyezi Projects has entered into a non-consumptive water use agreement with Zimbabwe National Water Authority, which will see the installation of a 2,000-MWh Pumped Storage Hydro (PSH) facility and 300-MW floating solar PV plant.
19-11-2019

TN Plans Largest Hydro Project in Nilgiris by Submerging Several Acres of Forest
Though environmentalists feel this project will have deterimental effects, state government officials say that it does not have any other reliable hydro potential of this scale.
18-11-2019

Angola to Buy 5000MW from Congo’s Grand Inga Hydropower Plant
Angola is set to buy 5000MW from neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo’s proposed $14bn Grand Inga hydropower plant project.
17-11-2019

Study Finds Hydropower GHG Emissions Can be Higher Than Facilities Burning Fossil Fuels
Hydropower facilities have long been criticized for their negative impacts on wildlife, but a new study has found that, in some cases, hydropower GHG emissions can be worse than facilities that burn fossil fuels.
16-11-2019

Boralex Commissions 16MW Yellow Falls Hydroelectric Station in Ontario
The hydroelectric power station includes two 8-MW turbines connected to a water intake, a concrete dam, water discharge facilities, including two inflatable weirs on the Mattagami River.
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15-11-2019

Study Finds Climate Impact of Hydropower Varies Widely
A new study by a team at Environmental Defense Fund finds that the climate impact of hydropower facilities varies widely throughout the world and over time, with some facilities emitting more greenhouse gases than those burning fossil fuels.
15-11-2019

Boralex Announces Commissioning of 16-MW Yellow Falls Hydroelectric Station
Boralex Inc. has announced the commercial commissioning of its 16-MW Yellow Falls hydroelectric station, under the terms of a price-indexed power purchase agreement with the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) for a period of 40 years.
15-11-2019

A Global Power & Energy Elite Project: Canada’s First P3 Hydropower Project
The first public-private partnership (P3) project in the hydropower sector in Canada houses a brand new underground powerhouse built to minimize the environmental footprint and offer higher safety in case of a seismic event.
Market Analysis
14-11-2019

European Insights: Hydropower, Climate Change and Climate Change
Hydropower retains its dominant presence in renewable power generation across Europe, but there is increasing concern about the impact of climate change on the European energy system as a whole.
13-11-2019

Swiss 900 MW Pumped Storage Plant Poised for Milestone
A €1.5bn pumped storage power plant in Switzerland will hit a major milestone this month when the plant’s two penstocks will be filled with water for the first time.
13-11-2019

Iran 220 Water Power Projects to Come Online by March
More than 220 major power and water projects worth $3 billion will come on stream by the end of the current fiscal (March 2020), the Iran Energy Minister said Monday.
12-11-2019

Meridiam Signs Kinguele Hydropower Plant Concession Contract in GaboP
Meridiam has signed a concession contract with the government of Gabon for the 34-MW run-of-river Kinguele Aval hydropower plant.
12-11-2019

ADB, Kyrgyz Republic Sign Agreement to Upgrade Uch-Kurgan Hydropower plant
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of the Kyrgyz Republic have signed a $100 million financing package to modernize aging equipment and improve power generation capacity at the 180-MW Uch-Kurgan hydropower plant.
07-11-2019

Iran Inaugurates New Hydropower Plant Near Iraqi Border
Iran has inaugurated a hydroelectric power plant in the Kurdish-populated city of Sardasht in the country’s northwest, in a further boost to the national grid which is under strain from runaway demand.
06-11-2019

A Fresh Look at The Future of Hydropower
As society grapples with climate change and the challenge of decarbonizing the national energy grid, proponents increasingly hold up hydropower as an indispensable part of the solution, touting it as “clean, green energy.”

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