hydropower association Articles
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Survey of Canadian Hydropower Potential
An in-depth survey of Canadian Hydropower potential 1. BUSINESS CHALLENGE Interest in hydropower as a renewable energy source is on the rise. As part of an ongoing strategy to promote hydropower as a viable energy source, the Canadian Hydropower Association (CHA) identified the need to obtain an upto-date and accurate picture of hydropower potential in Canada. In 2005, the CHA retained ÉEM to ...
By EEM Inc.
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Twin falls hydro redevelopment - Case study
Commissioned in the Spring of 2016, this new 9.2 MW powerhouse, located on the Menominee River on the border of Wisconsin and Michigan, houses two vertical 2500 mm axial flow Kaplan turbines with 4600 kW / 240 rpm synchronous generators, hydraulics and unit controls provided by CHC. The new plant and spillway were built to replace the original generating station constructed in 1912, which was in ...
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How sustainable hydropower can promote biodiversity
The UN demands urgent action on biodiversity. Sustainable hydropower can be part of the solution, writes Alain Kilajian of the International Hydropower Association ...
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Hydro modernisation in South America requires better financing and regulation
Sector consultation on hydropower modernisation in Latin America and the Caribbean has shown that, despite clear drivers for modernisation, more investment and regulatory support is urgently needed to encourage projects. The region is heavily dependent on hydropower, which is the main source of electricity in many countries. A recent IDB-IHA study on hydropower modernisation potential and ...
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Let’s get flexible - Pumped storage and the future of power systems
Pumped storage hydropower has proven to be an ideal solution to the growing list of challenges faced by grid operators. As the transition to a clean energy future rapidly unfolds, this flexible technology will become even more important for a reliable, affordable and low carbon grid, write IHA analysts Nicholas Troja and Samuel Law. "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong". That old adage, ...
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Sustainable hydropower to advance climate action Sustainable hydropower can help governments to limit the impacts of cli
The year 2020 was supposed to be a milestone for climate action. It’s the five-year landmark of the 2015 Paris climate agreement and the first test in countries’ willingness to strengthen their targets for climate action. Governments were expected to put forward more ambitious short-term plans for 2030, and long-term targets for 2050, to decarbonise economies and keep global ...
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IHA: Putting sustainable hydropower at the heart of the energy transition
Happy 25th birthday! Much of the past 25 years has been spent building a better hydropower sector. Thanks for being part of the journey. Building on this platform, our next 25 years can have a more confident ...
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Africa`s Hydropower Future
A gradual process of development has started yielding results for African hydropower, with a swathe of international hydro and associated power export projects under way or planned. It seems that Africa is becoming a more attractive place to invest in infrastructure development, but what has changed? It is well known that Africa has an abundance of hydropower resources, but it remains in ...
By HydroBox NV
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Anti-islanding protection and islanding operation of grid-connected hydropower distributed generation
Salient issues associated with the connection of hydropower distributed generation (HPDG) into distribution networks include operation and voltage regulation, grid connection and control interaction, anti-islanding protection and islanding operation, and operation of protective devices. Better understanding of these issues and finding solutions to these problems are timely and important to the ...
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