hydropower scheme News
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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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HydroXpert SAS Releases SIMAHPP5 to analyze and valuate hydropower projects
SIMAHPP is tool for Windows Platform used to simulate and assess the feasibility of hydropower projects combining hydraulic, financial, and environmental parameters. Since its first release in 2009, SIMAHPP has been used internationally by consultants, well established companies and universities in 30+ countries in Europe, North and Latin America, Africa, Asia & Australia. Problems related ...
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Small hydropower deserves more support
With the right support, small-scale hydropower could be a cheap and clean fuel for development, says energy advisor Teodoro Sanchez. During the past three decades, hydropower plants have been criticised for their environmental impact. But although large-scale plants have impacts, small hydro systems have no need for large dams, roads and other major infrastructure. In fact, most such plants are ...
By SciDev.Net
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Consulting services sought for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa hydropower
Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization (PEDO), an autonomous body of the Government of Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with responsibility for fast tracking development of the energy sector of the province, invites expressions of interest from qualified consultants by 15 May to assist with the implementation of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Hydropower Development ...
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WWEC2019 Conference Resolution
The World Wind Energy Association welcomes the presence of those more than 300 participants from 20 countries attending this Conference, from wind and all other renewable energy technologies. The Conference covered all aspects of the growth of wind utilisation and the related policies, science and technology, manufacturing, development, operation, integrated solutions, community involvement as ...
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HidroAysén Cancelled: Chile Rejects Environmental Approval
Chile’s Committee of Ministers, the country’s highest administrative authority, today cancelled the environmental permits for five controversial dams proposed on two of Chilean Patagonia’s wildest rivers, the culmination of an eight-year battle. “This is the right move and an important step toward putting Chile on track toward a sustainable, clean energy future,” ...
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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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Turkey: ideally placed to make use of renewables
With a growing population of over 72 million and rapid economic development, Turkey has one of the fastest growing needs for power in the developed world. Electricity demand alone is increasing by 6-8 per cent each year and CO2 emissions are rising at a rate of 5.8 per cent per year. As part of its climate change strategy designed to tackle these rising emissions, Turkey recently announced it ...
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ANDRITZ receives important order for a new pumped storage plant in Portugal
ANDRITZ HYDRO GmbH, a member of international technology group ANDRITZ, has been contracted by the Spanish energy utility IBERDROLA GENERACIÓN to supply the electro-mechanical equipment and the penstock for the new pumped storage hydropower plant Gouvães in Portugal. The total contract value for ANDRITZ amounts to about 140 million euros. The scope of delivery comprises design, ...
By Andritz AG
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EA sees itself as a `facilitator` and `regulator`
Environment Agency chair Lord Chris Smith has said that the EA has to see itself as a facilitator as well as a regulator. Smith was speaking at the Royal Society for the Arts lecture called Out of the Red, Into the Green - after the credit crunch: a more sustainable future? (11 February). He was addressing topics about the economy and the environmental challenges. He said: “We have to become an ...
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Pakistan´s First Hydroelectric Project Powered by IBM
Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) Remaco, the builder of Pakistan's first private sector hydroelectric power scheme, has selected IBM (NYSE: IBM) software to streamline operations and help meet the business challenges of running the US$235 million plant. The addition of this power source will replace about 135,000 tons of imported oil, reducing carbon emissions and saving Pakistan approximately US$100 ...
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Intertek Strengthens its Renewable Energy Expertise with Acquisition of Metoc
LONDON - Intertek, a leading international provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of industries, has acquired Metoc plc , a provider of engineering and environmental consultancy services to the renewable energy infrastructure sector worldwide. Metoc employs around 80 people in the UK across sites in Hampshire, Cardiff and Dundee. The acquisition will bring Intertek’s ...
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Renewable energy redoubles its global reach
A significant threshold has been crossed by renewable energy as analysts report that the sectorʼs size last year reached double the level it was at just 10 years earlier. This expansion happened in a year when the global economy and energy use both grew, but without a matching rise in emissions of carbon dioxide − the main greenhouse gas targeted in efforts to restrain global warming. ...
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