Hydropower plant

Hydropower Plant

CIP Heads Aud-5BN Renewables Hub in Queensland

Hydro storage reservoirs at the Bowen Renewable Energy Hub. Image by: Bowen River Utilities.December 26 (Renewables Now) - Danish fund manager Copenhagen Infras…

Hydropower Plant

Tanzania Starts Filling the 2.1 GW Julius Nyerere Hydro Project

Tanzania has officially started filling the 2.1 GW Julius Nyerere hydroelectric power plant on the Rufiji river in Stiegler’s Gorge in Morogoro Region (ea…

Hydropower Plant

Hydro-powered Rural Grids For Productive Use Of Energy

Zengamina weir helps to power a rural electricity grid in northern Zambia. Source: Gridworks.Gridworks, the UK government-backed investor into Africa’s el…

Hydropower Plant

16 GW Baihetan Hydropower Station in China Fully Operational

The 16 GW Baihetan hydropower station, now the second largest hydro project in the world in terms of total installed capacity, went fully operational Dec. 20.Th…

Canada

Portage Power Acquires Two Hydroelectric Stations From TransAlta Renewables

photo courtesy TransAlta RenewablesThrough its subsidiary Portage Power, Hydro Ottawa Holding Inc. has acquired two hydroelectric stations on the Mississippi Ri…

Hydropower Plant

EDP Brazil shrinks Hydropower Portfolio In Favor Of Solar

Image credit: WFranz on PixabayEDP Brazil said it believes in a future with more solar energy in its portfolio, in addition to more investments in distribution …

Mali

OMVS Inaugurates Gouina Hydroelectric Dam in Mali

The Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS) has announced that earlier this month it had inaugurated its third hydroelectric dam – th…

Hydrogen Project

Highlighting Safety Standards For Hydrogen In Power Generation

Image credit: 123rf.comHydrogen has been handled and used in a safe manner for decades by industries for refining petroleum, treating metals, producing fertilis…

Hydropower Plant

Zimbabwe Power Shortage to Worsen as Hydro Plant Halts Generation

Zimbabwe's prolonged power shortage is set to worsen after the entity that manages southern Africa's biggest dam ordered suspension of electricity generation at…

Hydropower Plant

Two Major UK Renewable Energy Projects Delayed Due to Red Tape

Britain’s economy has been affected by Russia’s curtailment of gas exports

Hydropower Plant

RATCH Group Unit Buys Eco Energy Shares to Co-Develop Hydro Project in Indonesia

RH Internationa (Singapore) will now hold a 50% stake in the project.

Hydropower Plant

New Report Highlights Australia’s Massive Potential for Pumped Hydro

Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have released a detailed study outlining 1,500 additional locations across the country that could be u…

Pumped Storage

Global Pumped Hydropower to Reach 233GW in 2031

It will help resolve the intermittency of renewables.

Hydropower Plant

Asia’s Pumped Hydropower Capacity to Overtake NAWE in 2023

Developments will mostly be located in Mainland China.

Hydropower Plant

Comment: Hydropower Is the ‘Forgotten Giant’ of the Energy Transition

Eddie Rich, CEO of the International Hydropower Association and Pascal Radue, CEO of General Electric Hydro Solutions, explain why the often-overlooked hydropow…