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HydroLand Acquires Hydroelectric Facilities

HydroLand has announced it has acquired two hydroelectric facilities from Northbrook Carolina Hydro II, LLC.

Hydropower Plant

Croatia Prepares to Speed up Construction of Kosinj Hydropower System

Croatia plans to speed up the construction of Kosinj hydropower system worth an estimated 1.54 billion kuna ($243 million/205 million euro) by declaring it a st…

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SJVN Signs Pact for Development of 679 MW Lower Arun Hydro Electric Project in Nepal

SJVN bagged the project -- located in Sankhuwasabha and Bhojpur Districts of Nepal -- through International Competitive Bidding.

Hydropower Plant

Major Overhaul Planned for Queensland’s Largest Hydropower Plant

Queensland’s largest hydropower station, the 570MW Wivenhoe Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Station, will undergo a $14 million overhaul to ensure it contin…

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36.6 MW Daral Khwar Hydropower Project Starts Electricity Generation: Zubair

Addressing a function in this connection here, he congratulated Chief Executive PEDO, Muhammad Naeem Khan and his team, especially the Project Director, Habib U…

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Nepal Starts Operating Its Largest Hydropower Station

The 456 MW Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project, an engineering marvel, which took 10 years to complete saw massive costs and time overruns.

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Bechtel Signs Contract with Albanian Government for Skavica Hydro Project

A critically important hydro power plant which will play a significant role in Albania reaching its ambition of energy self-sufficiency is to be delivered by Be…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

U.S. Coal-Fired Power Generation Continues to Rise

The weather in some parts of the United States continued to be hot and dry, nuclear power and hydropower production capacity remained low, and U.S. coal-fired p…

Pumped Storage

Pumped Hydro Boost Follows “Battery Blitz” As State Responds to Callide Coal Explosion

The Queensland state government has announced a major upgrade to the state’s biggest pumped hydro generator in yet another boost to energy storage following th…

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All Units Operational at Namkong 1 Hydropower Project, Laos

After a three-day trial, the second unit of the 160MW Namkong 1 hydropower project, built by China Three Gorges Corporation, began generating electricity on Jun…

Market Analysis

Hydropower: Slowdown of “Forgotten Giant” Hampers Net-Zero Efforts

A new International Energy Agency report says growth of hydropower plants globally will slow significantly this decade.

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Exploring mln-kW Generating Units at China's New Mega Hydropower Station

Two million-kilowatt generating units, with the largest single-unit capacity in the world, began operation at a mega hydropower station in southwest China on Mo…

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Hydropower Development Initiative Focuses on Clean Energy Transition

Pakistan is facing a huge challenge of preparedness in the face of climate change impacts and their rapidly emerging threats

HVDC

NKT Completes High-Voltage Power Cable Replacement for Swedish Hydropower Plant

A 400 kV high-voltage power cable from NKT is now bringing renewable energy from the Letsi hydropower plant to the Swedish power grid after a successful replace…

Hydropower Plant

Drax Kicks off Cruachan Expansion Planning Process

Project to expand the pumped hydro plant in Scotland to over 1GW is expected to create nearly 900 jobs