Hydropower

Hydropower Industry Launches Major International Project to Demonstrate Flexibility

Over the next four years, flexibility technologies will be tested in the project’s three phases—innovation, demonstration, and deployment—at seven existing E…

Market Analysis

Big Role for Hydropower to Play in the Renewable Energy Scene

Hydropower energy accounts for more than half of the world’s renewable energy production while other forms of renewable energy will continue to be looked into …

Australia’s TCorp Takes Stake in H20 Power's Canadian Hydro Assets

TCorp, the investment and financial management partner of the New South Wales (NSW) public sector, has acquired a 49% stake in Canadian hydroelectric generation…

Enel Green Power Installs Interactive Renewable Energy Exhibition in Acquoria Hydro Plant

A new permanent interactive exhibition has been inaugurated at the Acquoria hydro plant “to provide an innovative approach to describe how renewable energy is …

Mexico’s CFE Outlines Plans for 32 New Hydro Projects

Mexican state power company Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) will construct 32 projects as part of a national plan to recover and increase hydroelectric g…

World Bank to Monitor Implementation of Action Plan for 183.2-MW Isimba Hydro Project

The World Bank board of executive directors have considered a Management Report and approved a Management Action Plan that respond to an independent Inspection …

Seismic Upgrades Move Forward at B.F. Sisk Dam

A billion-dollar seimic upgrade project at B.F. Sisk Dam and San Luis Reservoir in California is to move forward, the US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) and the Ca…

BHEL to Uprate Chilla Hydropower Plant, India

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is to work on the modernisation of the 144MW Chilla hydroelectric plant in Uttarakhand, India.

Coupling Pumped Hydro with Renewables and Other Storage Technologies

The combination of pumped hydro with other storage technologies can increase renewables penetration, improve operational safety and reduce maintenance costs at …

EU Commits 20 Million Euros for HPP Construction in Tajikistan

EU Ambassador Marilyn Josefson and KfW office Dushanbe Director Dr. Andreas Schneider signed a Contribution Agreement for financing construction of a small hydr…

Syrian, Iranian Talks on Hydropower Cooperation

Syria and Iran reviewed cooperation in the field of hydropower during a meeting between Water Resources Minister, Hussein Arnous and Iranian Energy Minister Rez…

Reclamation, DWR Move Forward with Seismic Upgrades at B.F. Sisk Dam

The U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources are moving forward on an estimated billion-dollar seis…

TVA Hosts Uganda Public Power

US utility Tennesse Valley Authority recently hosted visitors from the Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL), sharing knowledge and experience o…

Agreement Will See New Dam Built for Flood Protection in Hatch, US

The Doña Ana County Flood Commission and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) are to sign an agreement next week to design and construct a dam in …

Reconstruction Completed on Further Unit at Cheboksarskaya Plant, Russia

RusHydro and Power Machines have said they have completed the next stage of modernization of the Cheboksarskaya hydropower plant, with unit No. 11 put into oper…