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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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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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iPAD-DRC07
The third edition iPAD Central Africa takes place from the 9-12 October 2007 at the Grand Hotel, Kinshasa in the DRC. This year, the event offers a two day infrastructure exhibition, an open conference and Executive Insider Briefings (an exclusive round-table forum) as well as a site-visit to the Inga hydropower project with SNEL, the host power utility. Organised by Spintelligent Pty ...
By VUKA Group
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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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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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