Hydropower

Malaysia

Myanmar and Laos Sign Deal to Study 2,790MW Mekong Hydropower Project

Myanmar and Laos have signed a joint agreement to carry out a feasibility study for hydropower projects along the Mekong River on their shared border, marking a…

Norway

Statkraft Seeks Licence for New Mår Hydropower Plant in Norway

Statkraft has submitted a licence application to the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate for a new Mår power plant in Rjukan, Tinn municipali…

Sweden

Fortum provides local hydropower to EcoDataCenter in Falun, Sweden

Fortum and Swedish digital infrastructure provider EcoDataCenter have signed a five-year power supply agreement for delivery of 10 MW capacity and Guarantees of…

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…

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 …

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 …

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…

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 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…

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…

Pumped Storage

Construction of Main Project Begins for Yulin Pumped Storage Power Station in Guangxi, China, with Total Investment of 8.36 Billion Yuan

On April 4, Southern Power Grid Energy Storage Co., Ltd. announced that the pumped storage power station located in Yulin, Guangxi, has fully commenced construc…

Hydropower Plant

EU approves €144m state aid for French hydrogen plant

The European Commission has approved €144 million in French state aid to support HyforSeeds in producing renewable and low-carbon hydrogen for the fertilis…

Hydropower Plant

POWERGRID Successfully Commissions Transmission System for Arun-3 Nepal Hydroelectric Project

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Powergrid) informed the stock exchanges on March 27, 2026 that it has commissioned the Transmission System for Power Ev…

Hydropower Plant

ANDRITZ to supply 10 turbines for hydropower plant modernisation in Serbia

Energotehnika Južna Backa has selected international technology group, ANDRITZ, to supply 10 new turbines for the modernisation of the Vlasinske hydropower pla…

Finland

Downing buys three Finnish hydropower plants

Funds managed by Downing have agreed to acquire Tornionlaakson Voima Oy, which owns and operates three hydropower plants in the Tengeliönjoki river basin i…