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Biden Administration Launches $28 Million Program to Advance Hydropower for Clean Energy
The Biden Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy, this week launched more than $28 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for research and development projects that will advance and preserve hydropower as a critical source of clean energy. This Notice of Intent (NOI) will offer three funding opportunities this fall to support research, development, and deployment of ...
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Global forum to tap hydropower’s potential as a clean, green battery
IHA and the U.S. Department of Energy will this week launch a global initiative of 11 governments and more than 60 organisations aimed at addressing the urgent need for clean and reliable energy storage. The International Forum on Pumped Storage Hydropower will develop policy proposals and exchange knowledge on the technical and market reforms necessary to overcome barriers to sustainable pumped ...
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NREL Supports New Strategies to Accelerate PSH Development
The U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory is partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) to offer a new prize that will help to accelerate commissioning times and reduce cost and risk in pumped-storage hydropower (PSH) projects. The Furthering Advancements to Shorten Time (FAST) Commissioning for PSH Prize seeks fresh solutions and technologies ...
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The International Hydropower association`s 2016 Status Report is out!
The International Hydropower Association (IHA) has published its 2016 Hydropower Status Report. Building on statistics published by IHA earlier this year, the report highlights that 33.7 GW of new installed hydropower capacity was commissioned in 2015, including 2.5 GW of pumped storage. At the end of 2015, the world’s total installed hydropower capacity reached 1,212 GW, including 145 GW ...
By HydroBox NV
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Forum launched to shape the future of pumped storage hydropower
At the inaugural meeting of the International Forum on Pumped Storage Hydropower, keynote speaker and former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull urged governments and industry to move quickly to develop projects at the scale needed to support the rapid roll-out of variable renewables. “I believe we urgently need to raise awareness of pumped hydro and its vital role in the clean ...
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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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ABB wins US$120m hydropower order in Switzerland
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth $120 million from Kraftwerke Linth-Limmern AG (KLL) related to the construction of a new hydropower plant and energy-storage facility in eastern Switzerland. The order was booked in the third quarter. The Linth-Limmern high–capacity, pumped-storage hydropower station will be installed in an underground cavern in the ...
By ABB
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ORNL scientists generate landmark DOE hydropower report
For the first time, industry and policymakers have a comprehensive report detailing the U.S. hydropower fleet’s 2,198 plants that provide about 7 percent of the nation’s electricity. The 98-page report by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers Rocio Uria-Martinez, Patrick O’Connor and Megan Johnson is a resource that describes key features of ...
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Pumped Storage Projects Selected for Techno-Economic Studies
Recently (12/3), the U.S. Department of Energy announced selections for its Notice of Opportunity for Technical Assistance to perform techno-economic studies to evaluate the long-term value of two selected pumped-storage hydropower (PSH) projects. While PSH projects were initially built to balance the electricity system between period of high demand during the day and low demand at night, ...
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Pumped Storage Projects Selected for Techno-Economic Studies
The U.S. Department of Energy recently (12/3) announced selections for its Notice of Opportunity for Technical Assistance to perform techno-economic studies to evaluate the long-term value of two selected pumped-storage hydropower (PSH) projects. While PSH projects were initially built to balance the electricity system between period of high demand during the day and low demand at night, ...
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Managing the imbalance between energy supply and demand
Renewable energy may help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but it presents a problem for electricity suppliers: how to meet peak demand levels with increasing reliance on intermittent energy sources. A new analysis explores options for storage that would facilitate use of renewable energy, either in isolated locations or as part of the electricity grid. Electricity currently accounts for only 12 ...
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Sage Geosystems' Landmark Full-scale Commercial Pilot
Sage Geosystems Inc., a geothermal baseload and energy storage company, this week (Sept 12) announced groundbreaking results and data from their full-scale commercial pilot confirming the performance of its energy storage system that can provide short- or long-duration storage (EarthStore ). Further, the results show Sage's technology is cost-competitive with lithium-ion batteries, pumped storage ...
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Combined energy and water system could provide for millions
Original story at MIT News Many highly populated coastal regions around the globe suffer from severe drought conditions. In an effort to deliver fresh water to these regions, while also considering how to produce the water efficiently using clean-energy resources, a team of researchers from MIT and the University of Hawaii has created a detailed analysis of a symbiotic system that combines a ...
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HYDRO 2017 Seville 9-11 October: Shaping the future of hydropower
HYDRO 2017, an international conference on hydropower & dams development will take place in Sevilla from 9-11 October 2017. The event will bring together 1500 high level delegates from 90 countries, who will have the opportunity to learn about Spanish expertise in the field. The event will focus on the future of hydropower and is organised by Aqua-Media International Ltd with supporting ...
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IEA review of Swiss energy policies highlights challenge of meeting carbon and nuclear phase-out objectives
Switzerland faces challenges as it seeks to cut greenhouse gas emissions by a fifth by 2020 while phasing out nuclear power, according to a review of Switzerland's energy policies published today by the International Energy Agency<http://www.iea.org/> (IEA). Though it applauds Swiss electricity market reforms and high levels of oil and gas security, the report, Energy Policies of IEA ...
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IEA report sets a course for doubling hydroelectricity output by 2050
The International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Ministry of Mines and Energy of the Federative Republic of Brazil show in a report released today how to double hydroelectricity production by 2050, an achievement that could prevent annual emissions of up to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 from fossil-fuel plants. The report, Technology Roadmap: ...
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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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Secretary Granholm Announces New Goal to Cut Costs of Long Duration Energy Storage by 90 Percent
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm this week announced the U.S. Department of Energy's new goal to reduce the cost of grid-scale, long duration energy storage by 90% within the decade. The second target within DOE's Energy Earthshot Initiative, "Long Duration Storage Shot" sets bold goals to accelerate breakthroughs that store clean electricity to make it available anytime, anywhere ...
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New U.S. DOE White Paper: Compensation Mechanisms for Long- Duration Energy Storage
This is the Executive Summary of the recently published white paper, Compensation Mechanisms for Long-Duration Energy Storage (August 2022, U.S. Department of Energy) Rapidly changing power system conditions, driven by decarbonization goals, are leading to significant growth in renewable energy sources, which can be both variable and uncertain. This has been accompanied with increased reliance on ...
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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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