Water

New Technology

Reduce the Water Use in Thermal Power Plants by Satellite Imagery

A team of researchers at LUT University in Finland has recently investigated water use in thermal power plants, trying to project future scenarios for water use…

World Bank to Monitor Implementation of Action Plan for 183.2-MW Isimba Hydro Project

The World Bank board of executive directors have considered a Management Report and approved a Management Action Plan that respond to an independent Inspection …

Seismic Upgrades Move Forward at B.F. Sisk Dam

A billion-dollar seimic upgrade project at B.F. Sisk Dam and San Luis Reservoir in California is to move forward, the US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and the Ca…

Janssen Pharmaceutica First Business to Use Heat from Geothermal Drilling

Pharmaceutical company Janssen has inaugurated the first deep geothermal drilling site in Belgium that’s on the premises of a business. It will use water from …

Syrian, Iranian Talks on Hydropower Cooperation

Syria and Iran reviewed cooperation in the field of hydropower during a meeting between Water Resources Minister, Hussein Arnous and Iranian Energy Minister Rez…

Reclamation, DWR Move Forward with Seismic Upgrades at B.F. Sisk Dam

The U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources are moving forward on an estimated billion-dollar seis…

Solar Company

HBS Completes 900kWp Solar Array for Anglian Water

HBS New Energies has completed its latest solar install for Anglian Water, this time at the utility's Jaywick Water Recycling Centre in Essex.

Nuclear Technology

SNC-Lavalin to Conduct Pre-Project Work for Chinese AHWR plant

A subsidiary of Canada's SNC-Lavalin - has been awarded a contract by China National Nuclear Power Co Ltd (CNNP) for pre-project work for a proposed two-unit Ad…

Troubled Waters for Egypt as Ethiopia Pushes Nile dam

Under the shade of a tree, Mohamed Omar joined other farmers bickering over who would water their crops first as supply from the Nile to a nearby canal dwindled…

Geothermal Hailed as Best Renewable Energy Source for Heating for Poland

In a recent TV interview, the Vice President of Polands National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management hailed geothermal energy and praised its…

Offshore Wind Power

Marine Power Systems Receives Funding to Accelerate Combined Wave And Wind technology

Marine Power Systems (MPS) has been awarded £4.3 million by the European Regional Development Fund to accelerate the development of a floating offshore wave an…

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Simplifies Requirements for Small Solar Projects

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) took a giant leap forward in rewriting their Electric Service Requirements, and the solar industry took a smal…

Massachusetts Might Replace Natural Gas with Geothermal Heating

A new bill that is being considered by the Massachusetts legislature could lead to geothermal heating in homes. The bill would allow utilities to purchase geoth…

2nd Central Asia Renewable Energy Summit

Central Asia possesses vast renewable energy resources including solar, wind and water, largely untapped. This huge potential attract more and more investment i…

Power Construction

TSO Probes Water Hazards on German Grid Link

Amprion to survey about 90 water systems lying on the route of the 2GW A-Nord grid connection.