Hydropower

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Tenders are invited for Provision of Repair and maintenance of hydropower

Pumped Storage

LS Power to Buy 420-MW Pumped-Storage Hydro Plant in New Jersey

US power and energy infrastructure owner LS Power Equity Advisors LLC has signed definitive agreements to acquire the Yards Creek Power Station, a 420-MW pumped…

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Hydropower at Risk as Lake Victoria Sees Record Water Levels

In Uganda, Lake Victoria's water levels have surged to their highest level in more than half a century posing a threat to the country's hydropower plants.

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Hydropower at Risk as Water Levels at Lake Victoria Rise

In Uganda, Lake Victoria’s water levels have surged to their highest level in more than half a century posing a threat to the country’s hydropower plants.

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AFRY India to Work on 1200MW Pinnapuram Pumped Storage Project

AFRY India has been contracted by independent power producer Greenko Energy Projects Ltd to provide detailed design engineering services for the 1200MW Pinnapur…

Pumped Storage

New DOE Report on Environmental Effects of Pumped Storage Hydropower

The U.S. Department of Energy has released a new report as part of its HydroWIRES initiative: A Comparison of the Environmental Effects of Open-Loop and Closed-…

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China Yangtze Power Acquires Peru Utility Luz Del Sur

It has completed the purchase of an 83.6 per cent stake in Luz Del Sur, a Peruvian utility, for $3.59bn.

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Turkey’s 1.2GW Ilisu Hydro Plant to Come on Line in May

The 1.2GW Ilisu storage hydropower plant in southeast Turkey is expected to start up in May, state-run hydraulic works administration DSI said.

Market Analysis

New Hydro will Help Build a Sustainable Energy Future Suggests IRENA Report

Hydropower capacity will need to increase 60% by 2050, with pumped hydro storage capacity needing to double, to help create a sustainable future energy system a…

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Dasu Hydropower Project to Start Production in 2024: Officials

The Wapda officials on Thursday claimed that 4300 megawatts Dasu Hydropower Project would start production in 2024.

PNP Wins Contract for Hydroelectric Station Booms from Ontario Power Generation

​Pacific Netting Products (PNP) has received an order from Canada’s Ontario Power Generation (OPG) for the supply of its MultiFunction Boom at four hydroelect…

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TANZANIA: Rufiji Dam Infrastructure Contract Awarded to Elsewedy

Erswidi technologies will install electromechanical equipment at the lujian dam hydropower station.

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Power Generation Drops to 3,757MW as 6 Plants Remain Idle

The output levels of Nigeria’s hydropower plants recorded rapid depletion in the last couple of days, which saw the entire power generation slip to 3,757MW.

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Indian Hydro Sector Proves Itself as Power Restored Following Covid-19 Vigil

India is the world’s third largest consumer of electricity and, according to IHA’s 2019 Hydropower Status Report, has the sixth largest hydropower sector by i…

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Construction of US $1.2bn Baynes Power Plant in Southern Africa to Start in Late 2022

Construction of Baynes Power Plant in Southern Africa is set to start in late 2022. The project will involve construction of the Baynes dam, and subsequently a …