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Hydro-Québec Awards Hydropower Rehabilitation Contract to ANDRITZ

International technology Group ANDRITZ has been awarded a contract by Hydro-Québec, Canada, to rehabilitate the hydraulic passages of the Carillon generating s…

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Video: Massive Hybrid Floating Solar Farm Takes Shape on Hydropower Dam Reservoir in Thailand

​Workers are installing 144,417 solar panel units which will float on the surface of a reservoir at the Sirindhorn Dam in Thailand’s northeastern province of …

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France’s EDF to Deepen Cooperation with Uzbekhydroenergo

French state-owned power generating company EDF and Uzbekistan’s state hydropower producer and developer.

Hydropower Plant

Mega Hydropower Project in SW China will be Fully Operational in July

With construction beginning in December 2015, the station’s first batch of electricity-generation units began generating power in June 2020.

Pumped Storage

Australian Coal Mine to Transform into Pumped Hydro Facility

Australian utility AGL is transforming its operations in a number of ways, from restructuring the company itself, to building energy storage facilities for flex…

Hydropower Plant

Energy Ministry to Start Building Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project from Next FY

The Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation has planned to start the construction of Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project from the next fiscal year, desp…

Hydropower Plant

Axpo to Produce Green H2 from Swiss Hydro Plant

Swiss utility Axpo plans to produce green hydrogen using power from the Eglisau-Glattfelden hydropower plant on the Rhine.

Pumped Storage

Australian Developer Advances 250 MW Pumped Hydro Project

Genex Power is set to begin building a 250 MW pumped hydro facility next to an existing 50 MW solar farm later this month, as it has secured the financing it ne…

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Aitken Spence Expands Its Portfolio in Hydropower

Apr 12, Colombo: Aitken Spence PLC has announced that the company has recently acquired hydropower operator Waltrim Energy Limited, a subsidiary of Sunshine Hol…

Hydropower Plant

Hitachi ABB Power Grids to Modernise 1.2GW Chinese Hydropower Plant

Chinese utility Hubei Qingjiang Hydropower Development Company has selected technology firm Hitachi ABB Power Grids to modernise its Geheyan hydropower plant in…

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Baihetan Hydropower Station Begins to Store Water

The Baihetan Hydropower Station has officially started to store water recently, and the first batch of units will be put into operation in July 2021.

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Akuo Expands Hydropower Portfolio in Bulgaria

Renewable energy producer Akuo from France has completed the acquisition of PVB Power Bulgaria, a company with five hydropower plants.

Hydropower Plant

All Eight Units of Wudongde Hydropower Station have been Put into Operation Successfully to Achieve Stable Operation for 100 Days

Since the commissioning of power generation, the No. 10 and No. 3 units of Wudongde Hydropower Station have been in safe and stable operation for 100 days succe…

Hydropower Plant

Zarchob Small Hydro Plant Completed on Time in Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan’s state hydropower producer and developer JSC Uzbekhydroenergo has announced it has successfully commissioned the Zarchob hydropower plant.

Hydropower Plant

ADB Approves Loan for Hydro Construction in Pakistan

A 300MW hydropower plant to be built on the Kunhar river near Balakot City in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan, is to receive a $300 million from the Asian…