hydropower supply News
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Energy Department Issues New Report, Highlights the Success and Potential of American Hydropower
In support of the President’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, today at the National Hydropower Association Annual Conference, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy David Danielson announced the release of the 2014 Hydropower Market Report, the first ever report to quantify the current size, scope, and variability of our nation’s hydropower supplies. ...
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Energy Department Issues New Report, Highlights the Success and Potential of American Hydropower
In support of the President’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, today at the National Hydropower Association Annual Conference, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy David Danielson announced the release of the 2014 Hydropower Market Report, the first ever report to quantify the current size, scope, and variability of our nation’s hydropower supplies. ...
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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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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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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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Clients from Mountain Hydro Nepal Visited Derbo Steel
In order to purchase China steel pipes for hydro power station in Nepal, Mountain Hydro Nepal send its Board of Directors came to meet management of Derbo Steel. Both parties have concluded initial agreements on steel pipe supply and hydro power construction. Here, we want to express our sincerest gratitude for Nepalese clients to give the great opportunity to cooperate with them. Derbo Steel ...
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First remote commissioning by REIVAX
Currently, several paradigms have been changed due to the pandemic caused by the coronavirus. With the impossibility of making trips due to the closing of borders between countries, services that were previously provided in person were adapted to the remote mode. This is what happened in the supply of the Futaleufú Hydroelectric Plant – Argentina. Altogether, 4 RTX POWER double ...
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RUSAL CEO takes part in emergency meeting of the RF Ministry of Energy on the situation at Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP
Oleg Deripaska, CEO of RUSAL, has taken part in a meeting held by the Minister of Energy Sergey Shmatko. The meeting was also attended by the Minister for Emergency Situation Sergey Shoygu and Chairman of the Board of Directors of RusHydro Vyacheslav Sinyugin. The meeting was held to discuss the breakdown at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydro Power Plant and its consequences for the energy supply in ...
By RusHydro
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ESIA sought for medium-sized project in Indonesia
Infunde Development, acting on behalf of InfraCo Asia Development (IAD), seeks expression of interest (EOI) by 29 April from qualified consultants to perform an Environmental Infunde Development, acting on behalf of InfraCo Asia Development (IAD), seeks expression of interest (EOI) by 29 April from qualified consultants to perform an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for a ...
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Energy Department Awards $6.5 Million to Advance Low Environmental Impact Hydropower Technologies
Today, the Energy Department announced seven organizations selected to receive $6.5 million to advance the manufacturing and installation of low environmental impact hydropower technologies. The projects will address three technical areas: rapidly deployable civil works technologies, innovative methods and materials for hydropower construction, and powertrain components. While hydropower already ...
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Ethiopia: Open for business
The mining sector in Ethiopia is on the brink of evolutionary growth and progress as the country’s first modern gold mine – KEFI Minerals’ Tulu Kapi moves into development in October. Ethiopian Mines and Petroleum minister HE. Dr SAMUEL URKATO says the country is looking to drive significant growth from its mining sector and believes it could ultimately contribute 10% towards ...
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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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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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Energy agency predicts high prices in future
The world can expect energy prices to continue their generally upward spiral in the years ahead if global energy policies remain the same, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reported this week. Rapid economic development in China and India, coupled with relatively consistent energy use in industrialized nations, will likely strain the world's ability to meet a projected rise in energy demand ...
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Eaton Board Names Craig Arnold President and COO, Effective Sept. 1, 2015
Richard H. Fearon and Arnold Appointed to Board of Directors Revathi Advaithi to Lead Electrical Sector; Thomas S. Gross to Retire Uday Yadav to Lead Industrial Sector, Succeeding Arnold The Board of Directors of power management company Eaton (NYSE:ETN) today announced a number of senior leadership appointments in anticipation of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Alexander M. ...
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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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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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ANDRITZ HYDRO to supply electromechanical equipment for the Shongtong Karchham hydropower plant, India
International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd. to supply the complete electromechanical equipment for the new Shongtong Karchham hydropower plant in Himachal Pradesh, India. Commissioning is scheduled for 2019. The plant will have a total output of 450 megawatts and provide clean and renewable energy for approximately 800,000 Indian ...
By Andritz AG
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PAM conquering the Swiss mountains
Switzerland has developed many hydroelectric plants that now cover 60% of the country’s energy. Given its expertise and catalogue of solutions, Saint-Gobain PAM is an ideal partner for this type of project. It all starts at an altitude of 1,654 meters where the Gerewasser River water is captured. The water then flows through a tunnel and then in a rocky environment at the rate of 3,000 ...
By Saint-Gobain
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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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