Hydro

Venezuela

Venezuela, IMPSA sign agreement for large hydroelectric project, government says

Venezuela and energy firm IMPSA have signed an agreement to complete ​the development of major hydroelectric project Tocoma ‌in the country's southern reg…

Portugal

Portugal Approves GreenH2Atlantic Hydrogen Project

The Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) has issued a conditional favourable opinion on the GreenH2Atlantic hydrogen project in Sines, in the region of Set&uacut…

Brazil

ANDRITZ WINS MAJOR CONTRACTS TO EXPAND HYDROPOWER CAPACITY IN BRAZIL

COPEL (Companhia Paranaense de Energia) has awarded ANDRITZ two turnkey contracts for the supply and commissioning of additional generating units at the Foz do …

United Kingdom

ITM, Protium to collaborate on UK hydrogen projects starting with 15 MW

UK electrolyser maker ITM Power Plc has formed a strategic partnership with compatriot green hydrogen company Protium Green Solutions Ltd to develop, invest in …

Brazil

ANDRITZ secures hydropower capacity expansion contracts with COPEL

Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) has awarded ANDRITZ two turnkey contracts for the supply and commissioning of additional generating units at the Foz do …

South Korea

NK Tech Wins Order for Daejeon Hydrogen Tram Charging Infrastructure

On June 1, NK Tech officially announced that it has been selected as the final contractor for the "Daejeon Metropolitan City Hydrogen Tram Charging Infrastructu…

Singapore

Keppel powers up 600-MW hydrogen-ready cogen plant

Keppel Ltd has commenced commercial operations at its Keppel Sakra Cogen Plant, a 600-megawatt (MW) hydrogen-compatible combined cycle gas turbine facility in S…

Nigeria

Nigeria signs $1.5b Katsina-Ala hydropower concession in major African PPP milestone

The Federal Government signed the Concession Agreement for the Grand Katsina-Ala Hydropower Project.This was just as it formally appointed Maverick Energy Partn…

Kazakhstan

KazMunayGas launches first full-cycle green hydrogen production complex in Kazakhstan

KMG Engineering, a subsidiary of KazMunayGas (KMG), has launched a full-cycle pilot project to generate green hydrogen in Atyrau, KMG's press service report…

Laos

Laos Signs Concession for 80MW Xekaman 4 Hydropower Project to Export Power to Vietnam

Laos has formalized a build-operate-transfer (BOT) concession for the 80-megawatt Xekaman 4 Hydropower Project in Sekong province, with all electricity generate…

United Kingdom

Protium acquires UK-backed green hydrogen project from Storegga

Protium has acquired the 15MW UK government-backed Cromarty green hydrogen project amid a wider portfolio gain from climate technology developer Storegga.It fol…

China

New Chinese battery offers fresh hope for hydrogen storage

Chinese researchers have built a new type of battery that may solve one of the biggest challenges in clean energy: how to store hydrogen easily and efficiently.…

United States

DOE's Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Office to Release $430 Million to Improve America's Hydropower Fleet

The Department of Energy’s Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Office (H2O) announced it will soon resume negotiations to issue nearly $430 million in payments to…

United States

Texan start-up targets disused oil wells for low-cost hydrogen extraction

Engineering firm Wood will work with start-up Eclipse Energy on producing hydrogen from disused oil wells using microbes at a target price of $0.5 per kilogramm…

Congo

Rosatom, Congo working on project to build 2 small HHPs with total capacity of 2.6 MW

Russia's Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation and the Congolese government are working on a pilot project to build two small modular hydroelectric power…