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Hydropower `could supply Africa`s entire power needs`
Hydropower could supply all of Africa's electricity needs if cross-border cooperation was stepped up, according to a UN report launched last week (12 March) at the World Water Forum in Marseilles, France. Africa currently generates just one third of its electricity from hydropower, but could learn from cooperation and training programmes between India and some Western countries, according to ...
By SciDev.Net
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Largest Natural Gas Power Project in South America to Meet Growing Energy Demand
Black & Veatch has been selected as owner’s engineer by Centrais Elétricas de Sergipe (CELSE) for a 1,516 megawatt combined cycle power project in northeastern Brazil. The Porto de Sergipe plant will meet growing electricity demand and supplement hydropower supplies during dry weather seasons. It will be the largest natural gas power station in South America. As owner’s ...
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ANDRITZ receives two orders for hydropower plants in Norway and DR Congo
ANDRITZ HYDRO, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, has received an order from Eidsiva Vannkraft AS to supply electromechanical equipment for the new Nedre Otta hydropower plant in Norway and from the Government utility SNEL (Société Nationale d’Électricité) for rehabilitation of the existing Mwadingusha hydropower plant in the Democratic Republic of ...
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Firm seeks Vt. power line under Lake Champlain
A New York company announced Thursday it hopes to build a 150-mile power line from the Canadian border under Lake Champlain and then across Vermont to the town of Ludlow where it would connect to the New England electric grid. The $1.2 billion New England Clean Power Link line could carry up to 1,000 megawatts of Canadian hydro-electricity, enough to supply about 1 million homes, said Donald ...
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Juice Technology’s j+ pilot App Enables Real-Time EV Charging with Green Electricity
Juice Technology AG, producer of electric charging stations and software and a leader in portable chargers for electric vehicles (EVs), this week announced that it now supports EV charging with renewable energy via the j+ pilot app. The software solution now also integrates with Juice Power AG, provider of ecological energy generation from renewable sources including hydropower, to guarantee use ...
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Trina Solar to Supply 30 MW of PV Modules for Qinghai`s Large Scale Solar Projects
Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, announced today that its subsidiary, Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co. Ltd, has signed supply agreements with Huanghe Hydropower Development Co., Ltd ("Huanghe Hydropower"), a ...
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GE technology chosen by Desa and Renova in Brazilian wind auction
GE has received commitments to supply wind turbines for wind farms to be developed in Brazil that will add more than 400 megawatts of power to the country’s clean energy capacity. These projects will mark the debut of GE’s wind turbine technology in Brazil. In December of 2009, the Brazilian government held its first technology specific energy auction, focusing on wind power. In the past, the ...
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Potential of renewable energy outlined - Report by the intergovernmental panel on climate change
Editor's Note:For years I've been asking myself why do we as a people (as in the government is us) invest major amounts in non-renewable, polluting, climate changing energy technologies while leaving table scraps for research and implementation of renewables? The answer, of course, is that unfortunately our government is not our government, not a government of the people, but a government of the ...
By MapCruzin
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What is the best way to respond to major electricity shortfalls? Plan now!
IEA report draws on recent cases to show how countries can save electricity in a hurry Countries can minimise the economic, social and environmental impacts of electricity shortages by developing emergency strategies to save energy well in advance of crises, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The report says it is crucial for governments and utilities to plan ...
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ANDRITZ to modernize three hydropower stations in Latin America
ANDRITZ HYDRO, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, will equip three hydropower stations in Brazil and Nicaragua with new technologies and carry out extensive modernization work there. The aggregate order value amounts to approximately 70 million euros. COPEL (Companhia Paranaense de Energia), Brazil, ordered modernization of the Governor Bento Munhoz da Rocha Netto hydropower plant ...
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Siemens Gamesa service terms for record PPA show growing risk comfort
Siemens Gamesa's 25-year service contract for Norsk Hydro's longest-ever wind purchase in Sweden highlights an increasing appetite for long-term performance risk in the highly competitive operations and maintenance (O&M) market. In July, Norwegian aluminium company Norsk Hydro signed a 29-year wind purchase contract with Green Investment Group (GIG), a subsidiary of Macquarie, for a new ...
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Plummeting costs spur Oregon floating wind activity
As U.S. researchers predict dramatic falls in floating wind costs in Oregon, key stakeholders are tackling critical transmission and public consultation challenges. A recent study of five potential floating wind sites off the coast of Oregon revealed some startling results. According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the levelized cost of offshore wind projects could be as ...
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Global wind could hit 2.1 TW by 2030; Germany pilots wind plus pumped hydro
Global wind energy capacity could reach almost 1.68 TW in a moderate scenario and almost 2.1 TW in an advanced scenario by 2030, supplying up to 20% of global electricity, according to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC)’s Global Wind Energy Outlook report released on October 21. GWEC’s Moderate Scenario reflects a world that maintains the trends from the past decade, with wind ...
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Eaton`s Hydraulic Power-Generation System enhances reliability, efficiency and safety for New Dassault Falcon 5X Business Jet
Power management company Eaton is supplying an advanced hydraulic power-generation system for the Dassault Falcon 5X, a new business jet unveiled today at the National Business Aviation Association convention in Las Vegas, Nev. After the contract award in 2010, Eaton teamed with Dassault to design, develop and integrate the hydraulic power-generation system and controller logic along with a ...
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Dassault Rolls Out Falcon 5X Business Jet Featuring Eaton`s Advanced Hydraulic Power-Generation System
On June 2, Dassault Aviation hosted a rollout ceremony for the Dassault Falcon 5X business jet at its Bordeaux-Mérignac final assembly facility in France. Power management company Eaton designed an advanced power-generation system for the new business jet that integrates hydraulic power packs to provide a backup localized source of hydraulic power — an Eaton innovation that ...
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ABB Wins $55 Million Wind Power Order in Brazil as Renewable Energy Demand Grows
CARY, N.C., Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ABB (NYSE: ABB), the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $55 million to supply three new substations and transmission infrastructure for the Brazilian utility Eolicas do Sul. The order was booked in the second quarter. Brazil has traditionally relied heavily on hydropower for its electricity supply. This ...
By ABB
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Eight countries get Climate Investment Funds
Projects worth US$ 1.08 billion, that will help eight developing countries reduce carbon dioxide emissions and mitigate the impact of climate change were approved in the first week of November by the Climate Investment Funds (CIFs), a partnership of five development banks. CIFs offer interim support to developing countries’ mitigation and adaptation efforts, while international climate ...
By SciDev.Net
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ANDRITZ to equip two hydropower stations in East Asia
ANDRITZ HYDRO, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, has received contracts from Vietnam and South Korea to supply electromechanical equipment for hydropower stations with a total value of around 65 million euros. VNECO Hoi Xuan Investment and Electricity Construction has awarded ANDRITZ HYDRO an order for the design, delivery, installation, and commissioning of three bulb turbines and ...
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WBA and REN Alliance to hold side event at COP19 18th Nov
Side event: Integrated technologies towards 100% renewables: Case studies and examples at national and regional levels Venue: Room Cracow, National Stadium, Warsaw Date: Monday 18 November 2013 Time: 16:45 - 18:15 WBA President, Heinz Kopetz, together with the leaders of the REN Alliance (Renewable Energy Alliance) will be holding an official side event at the COP19 Warsaw. Program for the ...
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