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Additional Investment Announced for Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre Link Project, Canada

Additional investment of around $3 million has been approved to support the potential development of a hydroelectric and fibre-optic link that would connect com…

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Chelan PUD and GE Team up for Rock Island Rebuild

Chelan PUD and GE Renewable Energy have reached an agreement that will see the eight 42-year-old turbines at Rock Island Powerhouse II rebuilt one by one starti…

Video: China Prepares to Launch New Mega Hydroelectric Dam in July

China Prepares to Launch New Mega Hydroelectric Dam in July

Power Construction

Brazilian Electricity Prices Under Pressure Due to Low Rainfall

Low annual rainfall in Brazil is restricting hydroelectric production, putting electricity prices under pressure and causing the need for more expensive thermoe…

Hydropower Plant

NIGERIA: BPE to Concession Zungeru Hydropower Plant

The Bureau of Public Enterprises of Nigeria is launching a tender for the recruitment of a company to accompany it in the process of concessioning the Zungeru h…

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Keeyask Station Starts Generation Ahead of Schedule

The Keeyask Generating Station in Manitoba, Canada, has begun producing hydroelectricity six-months ahead of the project's control schedule, with a further six …

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SOUTH AFRICA: Red Rocket Commissions Its Kruisvallei Hydropower Plant

Independent Power Producer Red Rocket South Africa has just commissioned its Kruisvallei hydroelectric power station on the Ash River.

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En+ Group Upgrades Hydroelectric Units at Russian Hydropower Plant

The total investment in the project for this stage of the project is more than 1.5 billion roubles.

Hydropower Plant

SNC-Lavalin Hired to Turn Old Dams in Pennsylvania Into Hydropower Stations

It has 14 similar projects in other states in its pipeline.

Energy Technology

Upstream Tech Provides Hydropower Technology to ENGIE

Upstream Tech, a for-purpose environmental technology company, has announced its partnership with ENGIE, a global reference in low-carbon energy and services, t…

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ENGIE to Deploy Upstream Tech’s HydroForecast at Portugal Hydro Facilities

Environmental technology company Upstream Tech is to provide ENGIE inflow forecasting for the company’s newly acquired hydroelectric portfolio in Portugal.

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Nigeria’s Jebba Hydropower Plant to Undergo Rehabilitation

Nigerian hydroelectricity company Mainstream Energy Solutions Ltd. has awarded Andritz – Austrian plant engineering group – the contract to modernize a genera…

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India Gets $231m ADB Aid for Lower Kopili Hydro Project

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $231 million loan to fund the construction of the Lower Kopili Hydroelectric Power (LKHEP) plant in Central Assa…

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South Korea Expected to Build Hydroelectric Power Plants in Pakistan

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea and the Ministry of Commerce of Pakistan had a joint trade committee meeting on Jan. 6.

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Test Operations Start at 104MW Honduras Hydro Plant

Honduras’ state power company Enee has begun test operations of the 104MW Patuca III hydroelectric plant in Olancho.