Hydropower

Canada

Québec Secures Major Hydropower Deal With Labrador to Ensure Energy Future

Québec has taken a significant step toward bolstering its energy security with a new agreement in principle for hydroelectric power generation in Labrador. The…

Pumped Storage

Cruachan Power Station Goes Virtual With New Online Project

A new digital initiative allows the public to virtually explore Cruachan Power Station, the iconic pumped storage plant located within a mountain in Argyll and …

Tidal Energy

Inyanga Marine Energy Group Unveils Design for 20MW Tidal Energy Project in Wales

Inyanga Marine Energy Group has released the design blueprint for its 20MW HydroWing technology, which will be deployed at the Morlais tidal energy site in Wale…

Zambia

Ngonye Falls Hydropower Project Achieves Gold Certification Under HSS

The Ngonye Falls hydroelectric project in Zambia has received gold certification under the Hydropower Sustainability Standard (HSS) following a comprehensive as…

Hydropower Plant

Vietnam’s Ialy Hydropower Plant Unit 2 Synchronized Ahead of Schedule

Unit 2 of the Ialy Hydropower Plant Expansion in Vietnam was successfully synchronized to the national grid at 8:28pm on 13 December 2024, 18 days ahead of sche…

Hydropower Plant

NIB Provides €230 Million Loan to Latvenergo for Hydropower and Renewable Energy Projects

The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has granted a €230 million loan to Latvenergo AS, Latvia’s state-owned power utility, to support the company’s…

Australia

Weighing Vortexes as a Method to Optimise Hydroelectric Power Efficiency

Hydroelectric energy is often considered the backbone of clean power, but an urgent need to improve efficiency is driving engineers to explore a whirlwind of op…

Hydropower Plant

EDB Joins Suusamyr-Kokomeren HPP Cascade Project in Kyrgyzstan

The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Ministry of Economy and Commerce and the Ministry of Energy of the Kyrgyz Re…

United States

Water Power Technologies Office Announces $1 Million for Hydropower Workforce Development Programs

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) today announced $1 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to sup…

Hydropower Plant

Canadian Provinces Reach Multi-Billion Dollar Deal Over Power From Churchill Falls Hydroelectric Plant

They’re tearing up treaties in the Great White North. Literally.At a packed press conference today in its capital of St. John’s, Newfoundland and La…

Hydropower Plant

San Roque Project Earns Silver Certification Under Hydropower Sustainability Standard

The San Roque Multipurpose Project in the Philippines has been awarded Silver certification under the Hydropower Sustainability Standard following an independen…

Hydropower Plant

Moco Moco Hydropower Plant Restored and Upgraded

GUGLER Water Turbines has announced the successful restoration of the Moco Moco Hydropower Plant in Guyana. Originally commissioned in 1999, the plant was damag…

Dam

Advancing US Hydropower Manufacturing With 3D Printing

A new initiative by the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory uses additive manufacturing to rapidly produce large metal turbine runners…

Tidal Energy

Minesto Finalizes Specifications for Dragon 12 Tidal Plant in Faroe Islands

Minesto has completed the overall design and technical specification of the upgraded Dragon 12 system targeting the Hestfjord Dragon Farm in the Faroe Islands &…

Hydro Generator Unit

Biden Administration Allocates Nearly $850 Million for Water Infrastructure Upgrades

The Biden-Harris Administration announced an $849 million investment to modernize aging water infrastructure and bolster drought resilience in 11 Western states…