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The International Hydropower association`s 2016 Status Report is out!
The International Hydropower Association (IHA) has published its 2016 Hydropower Status Report. Building on statistics published by IHA earlier this year, the report highlights that 33.7 GW of new installed hydropower capacity was commissioned in 2015, including 2.5 GW of pumped storage. At the end of 2015, the world’s total installed hydropower capacity reached 1,212 GW, including 145 GW ...
By HydroBox NV
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European Commission Endorses Three French Initiatives To Produce More Than 2600 Megawatts In Renewable Energy
The European Commission recently endorsed three French schemes to support solar and hydropower energy generators in France under EU state aid rules. The schemes will allow France to develop around 2600 megawatts of additional solar capacity and 60 megawatts of additional hydropower capacity. The two solar schemes together have a provisional budget of 439 million per year (or a total of 8.8 ...
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WWF report urges insurers to help improve hydropower’s sustainability
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has published a new report exploring how insurers can facilitate sustainable hydropower development. The report, ‘Insuring a nature-positive world, an insurers guide to hydropower’ acknowledges the role that hydropower will play in the clean energy transition, as an enabler of other variable renewables, such as wind and solar power. It offers practical ...
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ORNL scientists generate landmark DOE hydropower report
For the first time, industry and policymakers have a comprehensive report detailing the U.S. hydropower fleet’s 2,198 plants that provide about 7 percent of the nation’s electricity. The 98-page report by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers Rocio Uria-Martinez, Patrick O’Connor and Megan Johnson is a resource that describes key features of ...
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Small Hydropower (SHP) - Installed Capacity, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Competitive Landscape, Opportunity and Key Country Analysis to 2020
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Small Hydropower (SHP) - Installed Capacity, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Competitive Landscape, Opportunity and Key Country Analysis to 2020 ...
By ReportLinker
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Hydropower Investment Could Create a Million Canadian Jobs
The Canadian Hydropower Association (CHA) reported today that a study it commissioned indicates hydropower investment could produce over 1,000,000 Canadian jobs over the next 20 years from construction activities alone. These are known as FTEs, or "full-time equivalents," where each represents one person employed for one year. The employment opportunities would occur in every region of the ...
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Small Hydropower Market Reaches 13.34 Billion Dollars in 2011 According to New Visiongain Report
http://www.visiongain.com/Report/730/The-Small-Hydropower-Market-2011-2021 The Small Hydropower Market 2011-2021 is visiongain's latest energy report, analysing one of the ever more important renewable energy markets over the coming ten years. The report provides in-depth analyses and forecasts for both the market size and small hydropower capacity for the global and regional markets from ...
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Biden Administration Launches $28 Million Program to Advance Hydropower for Clean Energy
The Biden Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy, this week launched more than $28 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for research and development projects that will advance and preserve hydropower as a critical source of clean energy. This Notice of Intent (NOI) will offer three funding opportunities this fall to support research, development, and deployment of ...
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Renewables Take the Lead in New Generating Capacity in 2016
According to the latest issue of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) monthly "Energy Infrastructure Update" (with data through October 31, 2016), renewable energy now accounts for the largest share of new U.S. electrical generation put into service thus far in 2016. Combined, newly installed capacity from renewable sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) totals ...
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Just launched: energy policies of norway 2011 review
Norway is pursuing ambitious, forward-thinking energy policies, but could go further in its efforts to become a low-carbon economy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has concluded in a review published today. Energy Policies of IEA Countries - Norway 2011 Review says that it will be challenging for Norway to meet its 2020 target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30% compared with 1990 ...
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Experts question Madagascar`s bid to tap wind energy
Madagascar is aiming to plug its energy gap and reduce its carbon emissions by encouraging a major investment in large-scale wind-turbines, the country's interim president, Andry Rajoelina, has announced. "An additional 50 megawatts [from wind power] could be available by the end of the year," he said last month (11 January). Unofficial figures put the cost of the initiative at US$80 million. ...
By SciDev.Net
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Hydropower to Maintain Majority Share of Global Renewable Power Capacity Through 2020
FARMINGTON, Conn., March 14, 2012/PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Global Information Inc. is pleased to announce the availability of a new renewable energy market research report, "Hydro Power Market to 2020 - Energy Management Strategies and Green Funds to Drive Emerging Markets in Latin America and Africa" by GBI Research. By the year 2020, the cumulative installed capacity of the global hydropower ...
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Hägglunds Drives extends hydraulic laboratory
One of the world’s largest hydraulic laboratories is now up and running at Hägglunds Drives’ head office in Mellansel. The new hydraulic laboratory covers 1,500 m2 and have a total installed hydraulic power capacity of 5.5 megawatts in its eleven test cells. “To assure the consistent high quality of our products, we need access to a modern laboratory where we can test all our hydraulic motors, ...
By Hägglunds
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New Report Explores Hydropower
A major EU-funded energy innovation initiative to demonstrate how smart hydropower technologies can deliver a low-carbon, reliable and resilient power system this week (Nov 30) published its first major report. Flexible energy sources such as renewable hydropower are increasingly important to balance growing variable sources, primarily wind and solar power, in the power grid. Meanwhile ...
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NREL Data Book charts growth of renewable-electricity generation in 2015
Renewable energy generation continued to grow in the U.S. even as demands for electricity decline, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) 2105 Renewable Energy Data Book. The Data Book issued this month is compiled by NREL for the U.S. Department of Energy. “Since it was first released in 2009, the Renewable Energy Data Book has provided useful insights for ...
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Wind power projects add to ADB effort to help India develop cleaner power sources
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and India’s private sector are developing two wind power projects to further build the South Asian nation’s access to cleaner energy sources. ADB is extending a rupee-denominated loan of $113 million equivalent to a wholly-owned Indian subsidiary of CLP Holdings of Hong Kong to fund development of two wind energy facilities in the Indian states of Gujarat and ...
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Hydropower (Large, Small and Pumped Storage) in Brazil, Market Outlook to 2025 - Capacity, Generation, Regulations and Competitive Landscape
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Hydropower (Large, Small and Pumped Storage) in Brazil, Market Outlook to 2025 – Capacity, Generation, Regulations and Competitive Landscape ...
By ReportLinker
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IEA review of Morocco’s energy policies highlights country’s progress towards energy transition
Morocco’s energy strategy is very much on target, with notable advances in wind and solar power and on fuel subsidy reform, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says in its in-depth review of Morocco's energy policies. The new report notes that while the country’s power sector restructuring is under way, there is scope for further progress in energy efficiency. “Under ...
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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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Hydropower (Large and Small Hydro, and Pumped Storage) in the US, Market Outlook to 2025 - Capacity, Generation, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Regulations and Company Profiles
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Hydropower (Large and Small Hydro, and Pumped Storage) in the US, Market Outlook to 2025 - Capacity, Generation, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Regulations and Company Profiles ...
By ReportLinker
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