hydropower generation News
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Funding Opportunity Announcement for Water Power Manufacturing
On April 11, 2014, the funding opportunity titled “Water Power Manufacturing" was released by the Water Power Program to support the application of advanced materials and manufacturing techniques to the development of new hydropower technologies. There is a significant opportunity across the country to increase the efficiency of existing equipment or add new hydropower generating ...
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Upcoming Funding Opportunity for Water Power Manufacturing
On March 24, 2014, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a Notice of Intent to issue a funding opportunity titled “Water Power Manufacturing.” The goal of this funding opportunity is to design an integrated hydropower turbine generator system that applies advanced materials and /or additive manufacturing techniques and produce a prototype unit at an appropriate scale to enable ...
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Protecting the Cahora Bassa Hydropower Plant
Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB) is Mozambique’s pre-eminent hydropower generation company, and it is a major contributor to the country’s socio-economic growth and development. Its main focus is in extending the electricity potential of the Cahora Bassa dam – Africa’s fourth-largest artificial lake. Located in the Tete Province of Mozambique, the lake started ...
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DOE, DOI and Army Corps of engineers sign memorandum of understanding on hydropower
US Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu and US Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar have announced that the two agencies, along with the Army Corps of Engineers, will cooperate more closely and align priorities to support the development of environmentally sustainable hydropower. The Memorandum of Understanding represents a new approach to hydropower development – a strategy that ...
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U.S. Department of Energy Partners with Eaton to Advance Hydropower Generation
Power management company Eaton has announced it is helping advance energy resiliency for the national power grid through a U.S. Department of Energy funded initiative to deploy new hydropower generation at existing non-powered dams and waterways. Under the second stage of the contract awarded in 2017, Eaton will manufacture and test new, low-cost integrated hydropower turbine and generator sets ...
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Energy Department Announces $4.4 Million to Advance Hydropower Manufacturing
The Energy Department today announced a total of $4.4 million for two projects in Michigan and Pennsylvania to support the use of advanced materials and manufacturing techniques in the development of new “low-head” hydropower technologies. The United States has major opportunities across the country to add new hydropower generating capabilities at low-head sites, which operate with a ...
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Department of Energy, Department of the Interior and Army Corps of Engineers Renew Five-Year Partnership to Advance Hydropower
The U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Department of the Army for Civil Works announced today that the three agencies have extended their partnership to advance hydropower development for an additional five years. The renewal agreement signed today commits the agencies to a specific, ambitious agenda for hydropower, building upon their Memorandum of Understanding ...
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Eaton Helping Utilities Enhance Safety, Modernize Infrastructure and Support Reliable Hydropower Generation
Power management company Eaton will showcase its solutions and services for hydropower generation at HydroVision International 2014 at booth #616, from July 22 to 25 at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Eaton provides a wide range of solutions and life extension services to optimize the performance of new and existing hydropower utilities, and will deliver a presentation on ...
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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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2016 Data Book Shows Continued Growth of Renewable Electricity
The 2016 Renewable Energy Data Book shows that U.S. renewable electricity grew to 18.3 percent of total installed capacity and 15.6 percent of total electricity generation in 2016. Published annually by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the Renewable Energy Data Book presents U.S. and ...
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Energy Department to Fund R&D to Advance Low-Impact Hydropower Technologies
The Energy Department today announced $7 million in funding for the research and development of innovative technologies for low-impact hydropower systems. This funding will help advance hydropower drivetrains, which transfer rotational energy from turbines to generators, and structural foundations that will minimize environmental impacts and reduce the lifetime costs associated with operating and ...
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Eaton Showcasing Power Management, Electrical Modernization Solutions for Hydropower Utilities at HydroVision Booth #4057 from July 15 through 17
Power management company Eaton will showcase an expanded portfolio of solutions and services for hydropower generation customers at HydroVision International 2015 booth #4057, from July 15 through 17 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. Eaton provides a wide range of solutions and life extension services designed to help optimize the performance of new and existing hydropower ...
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ADB to help India`s Himachal Pradesh become `hydropower state` via multi-tranche loan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is helping Himachal Pradesh become India’s “hydropower state” through an $800 million multi-tranche financing facility. The eight-year loan package will help finance the construction of several run-of-river hydropower generating plants that will bring in combined capacity of 808 megawatts (MW) for the small mountainous state. Himachal Pradesh has abundant water ...
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Energy Department Announces $4.4 Million to Support Next-Generation Advanced Hydropower Manufacturing
The Energy Department today announced $4.4 million to support the application of advanced materials and manufacturing techniques to the development of next-generation hydropower technologies. Significant advancements in manufacturing over the past decade, such as the use of advanced materials, computer-aided design, and additive manufacturing technologies, have the potential to boost the ...
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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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India´s multi-billion dollar clean energy project
With funding support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), India’s national power grid operator is embarking on an ambitious multi-billion dollar plan to expand the country’s power transmission grid and link stable clean energy supplies to areas suffering shortages. ADB is extending a US$600 million loan to Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (POWERGRID) in a multitranche financing facility to ...
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Energy Department Reports Show Strong Growth of U.S. Wind Power
Annual reports analyzing the wind energy industry released today by the Energy Department show continued rapid growth in wind power installations in 2015, demonstrating market resilience and underscoring the vitality of the U.S. wind energy market on a global scale. Wind power provides clean energy to homes and businesses, reduces climate-changing carbon pollution, and boosts America’s ...
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Norway contributes to global energy security, while seeking to decarbonise its energy supply
Norway manages its significant hydrocarbon resources and revenues in a sustainable way, and remains a reliable supplier of oil and gas, but Norway's government should prepare for a future with lower oil and gas revenues. The recommendations were made in the International Energy Agency's latest assessment of Norway's energy policies. "As one of the world's largest energy exporters, Norway plays ...
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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 ...
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Enlists Eaton to Lead Electrical Modernization at Philpott Dam Hydropower Facility in Virginia
Power management company Eaton today announced a $5.4 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, to lead a life extension and electrical modernization project at Philpott Dam in Bassett, Virginia. The agreement includes the design, manufacturing, delivery, installation and commissioning of electrical powerhouse distribution and control systems, as well as ...
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