Hydropower

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Tanzania Switches on First Turbine of Hydro Plant in World Heritage Site

Elephants graze at the Singita Grumeti Game Reserve, Tanzania, October 7, 2018. Picture taken October 7, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner Purchase Licensing RightsTanza…

Floating Solar

Malaysian Utility to Build 2.5 GW of Hybrid Hydro-Floating Solar

Tenaga Nasional Berhad is set to build 2.5 GW of hybrid hydro-floating solar (HHFS) projects at its hydropower dams.It will initially install 30 MW at its Chend…

Pumped Storage

Chitravathi Pumped Storage Project, India

The Chitravathi Pumped Storage Project is a proposed 500MW/2,805MWH pumped storage hydroelectric scheme in Sri Sathya Sai/Kadapa District of Andhra Pradesh, Ind…

South Africa

Bridge Construction Progressing as Part Lesotho Highlands Water Project Phase II

The Polihali Dam will create a 5042ha reservoir at the confluence of the Senqu and Khubelu rivers. The Polihali Dam and the Polihali to Katse Transfer Tunnel ar…

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Korean Company Acquires Shares in Pakistani Hydro Power Entity

The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has approved a merger that will see a Korean company investing in Pakistan’s hydropower sector. The transacti…

Renewable Energy

Ethiopia Seeks to Harness Its Enormous Renewable Energy Potential

Ethiopia has significant renewable energy potential, including hydroelectric, wind, solar and geothermal sources, with the capacity to generate more than 60,000…

Hydropower Plant

Georgia's Largest Hydropower Plant Set for Upgrade With Ebrd and EU Backing

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced it is providing a sovereign loan of €28 million to facilitate the modernization a…

Wave Energy

Shell Joins Wave Power Project

Image: Renewables for Subsea Power / Blue XShell has joined the Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP) project, a collaborative initiative utilising wave power and s…

Hydropower Plant

Biden-Harris Admin: Nearly $72 Million in Largest Single Investment to Support America's Hydropower Facilities

President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Funds the Largest Single Investment in the Nation’s Waterpower Production, 46 Projects Across 19 State…

Pumped Storage

Labour's Ian Murray MP champions UK's renewable future in Swiss pumped storage project tour

In a move to explore opportunities for enhancing the United Kingdom's renewable energy landscape, Labour Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, Ian Murray …

Tidal Energy

Plans Announced for the First Tidal Energy Plant in Southeast Asia

Energies PH, Inc, through its affiliate San Bernardino Ocean Power Corporation, has contracted with Inyanga Marine Energy Group to build Southeast Asia’s …

Hydropower Plant

PVO-Vesivoima and Caverion Extend Collaboration for Hydropower Plants in Finland

Finnish energy company PVO-Vesivoima Oy and Caverion Corporation today announced the continuation of their strategic partnership for the operation and maintenan…

Hydropower Plant

Fichtner Secures Contract for Hydropower Feasibility Studies in Northern Zambia

Fichtner's Hydropower Department has won a contract from Mutinondo Luchenene Power Company, an affiliate of Berkeley Energy, to spearhead the Feasibility St…

Hydropower Plant

FG to Begin Evacuation of 40MW From Kashimbilla Hydropower Plant in Six Months

The federal government yesterday said that the entire 40mw Kashimbilla hydropower plant in Taraba state will in the next six months begin full evacuation, disti…

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Bhutan Seeks India Deals in US$15 Billion Hydropower Push to Raise National Happiness

Tourists walk across a bridge over the Puna Tsang Chhu River. Bhutan’s GDP relies heavily on tourism and agriculture. Photo: AFPThe Himalayan kingdom of B…