Hydropower Compliance News
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Negros biomass firm to introduce three new biomass facilities
Negros Island Biomass Holdings, Inc. (NIBH), a biomass power generation firm has reportedly lined up three biomass projects in Negros Occidental, Philippines. As per trusted sources, the expansion strategy is in response to the government’s FiT (feed-in-tariff) program that offers incentives to biomass developers for generating renewable energy (RE) and electricity. According to The Manila ...
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Renewable Energy Aggregators Now on Accelerated Path to 100% Baseload Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy Aggregators (REA) recently announced a new streamlined path to market for their first two northeastern Pennsylvania projects. Recent orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) disclaimed licensing jurisdiction over these 500-megawatt projects, allowing them to proceed without the need to secure a federal license under the Federal Power Act. As a result, REA can ...
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Why Uganda is the next energy investment destination
Uganda’s immense power potential and enormous energy investment opportunities will be in focus when stakeholders and decision makers meet for a strategic two-day conference and showcase during the inaugural Future Energy Uganda in Kampala from 12-13 September 2017. “The numbers in Uganda’s energy sector speak for themselves: the country is without a doubt the next energy ...
By VUKA Group
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Opening of China International CSP Plaza, jointly sponsored by Rayspower and CSPPLAZA
June 25 and 26, China International CSP Plaza and CSPPLAZA 2015 annual conference (CPC2015) grand opening was held in Beijing, Energy Research Institute of National Development and Reform Commission, New energy and Renewable Energy Division of National Energy Administration, National Climate Change Strategic and International Cooperation Center,Water Resources and Hydropower Planning & Design ...
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Green light for hydro scheme in Scotland
RWE Innogy is delighted that The Highland Council has given planning consent for the up to 9 megawatts (MW) River Pattack hydroelectric scheme located on the south side of Loch Laggan, 10 km north west of Dalwhinnie. Unlike a run-of-river hydro scheme, which is dependent on the water that is currently available in the river to generate electricity, River Pattack is a storage scheme. This means ...
By RWE AG
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C2ES: Canadian hydropower could help states achieve carbon-cutting goals
Canadian hydropower could help some U.S. states meet their carbon-cutting goals under the proposed federal Clean Power Plan, the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) says in a new policy report. "Canadian Hydropower and the Clean Power Plan” explores the potential for increased hydropower imports from Canada, and the adjustments needed to the Environmental Protection ...
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Should Hydropower Truly Be Described as Renewable?
Hydroelectric dams are the quintessential expression of human control of nature. As well as power, they create reservoirs of clean water, which to some are both pleasing to the eye and a place for tranquil recreation. They promise control of flooding, provide a steady supply of water for irrigation and, with time, a source of fresh fish. They are an economist’s as well as an ...
By SciDev.Net
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Pöyry supervises the construction of the Xayaburi hydropower project as Government of Lao Engineer
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By Pöyry PLC
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IEA report sets a course for doubling hydroelectricity output by 2050
The International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Ministry of Mines and Energy of the Federative Republic of Brazil show in a report released today how to double hydroelectricity production by 2050, an achievement that could prevent annual emissions of up to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 from fossil-fuel plants. The report, Technology Roadmap: ...
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Major Power Markets in Eastern Europe to 2020 - Renewable Resources, Privatization, and Easing Barriers to Entry in Russia, Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine and Turkey
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Major Power Markets in Eastern Europe to 2020 - Renewable Resources, Privatization, and Easing Barriers to Entry in Russia, Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine and Turkey ...
By ReportLinker
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Emerging Power Markets in South-East Asia, Middle East and Africa to 2020 - Government`s Restructuring Reforms Encouraging Private Participation will Enhance Price Competition and Efficiency
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Emerging Power Markets in South-East Asia, Middle East and Africa to 2020 - Government's Restructuring Reforms Encouraging Private Participation will Enhance Price Competition and Efficiency ...
By ReportLinker
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NIB to finance the new Búðarháls hydropower plant in Iceland
NIB will provide a loan for Landsvirkjun to finance a new hydropower project in Búðarháls, southern Iceland. The 16-year maturity loan totalling USD 70 million (EUR 52.5 million) will help build the new hydropower plant expected to produce 585 GWh of electricity annually. The intake reservoir of the power station will be formed with a 2.1 km-long dam over the Köldukvísl river. The Búðarháls ...
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Small hydroelectric dams not so green, say experts
The combined impacts of numerous small hydroelectric dams in one river basin can be at least as harmful as one large dam, warn experts, environmental activists and indigenous groups, who face a flood of new projects along the rivers of the western Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. Hydraulic energy from small dams 'is interesting because of its low environmental costs, but everything has its ...
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Vermont streamlines hydropower permitting process
The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources is seeking to increase renewable energy in the state by jumpstarting small hydro projects. The agency now is working more closely with developers so they understand the feasibility of their sites and the permits that will be required to enable their projects. Vermont is the only state in the New England region that conducts 'prefeasibility assessments' to ...
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