river hydro News
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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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Slovenia’s Lower Sava cascade progresses...
The European Investment Bank has recently approved the final €74 million ($116.8 million) tranche of a three-part loan to Slovenia, for two run-of-river hydro plants on the Lower Sava river. The loan, signed on 10 July, is partly being used for the 42.5 MW Blanca scheme, which is well under way, with completion scheduled for April 2009; the funds will also part-finance the 39.5 MW Kr˘sko ...
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Energy now even greener in Sicily: new wind plant starts operations
The Carlentini 2 wind plant, in the province of Siracusa in Sicily, begins operations today. The plant consists of seventeen 850 kW wind turbines, with a total installed capacity of 14.45 MW. The annual output of the new facility is expected to be 25 million kWh. The new plant joins the Carlentini 1 facility, composed of 11 wind turbines, which entered service at the end of 2001. The combined ...
By Enel SpA
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All-electric Transit Bus Testing to Begin in Canada, Powered by MHI Lithium-ion Rechargeable Batteries
Tokyo, June 4, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - An all-electric, battery-powered prototype demonstration bus under joint development by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), the government of Manitoba, local companies and a Canadian college has been completed and was unveiled in Manitoba, Canada. The 40-foot "E-Bus" is powered by lithium-ion rechargeable battery packs developed by MHI that offer ...
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MHI to Jointly Develop and Test All-electric Transit Bus with Manitoba Government, Two Local Companies and College in Canada
Tokyo, Apr 27, 2011 - (JCN Newswire) - On April 26 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), the government of Canada's Manitoba Province, two local companies and a Canadian college announced that the parties will jointly develop and test an all-electric transit bus to feature advanced battery and charging technologies. This project is the first development to come out of the memorandum of ...
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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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McLean’s Mountain Wind Farm to be Powered by GE Turbines
Northland Power and Mnidoo Mnising Power’s McLean’s Mountain Wind Farm on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Will be Powered by 24 GE Wind Turbines McLean’s Mountain Wind Farm Will Provide 60 Megawatts of Wind Power to the Ontario Grid GE Will Provide around-the-Clock Innovative Remote Monitoring and Diagnostics and 10-Year Service Agreement for Operations and Maintenance GE ...
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Sector stakeholders help shape hydro`s role in the clean energy transition
Over 160 hydropower industry, civil society and policy representatives met to address the challenges and role for hydropower in the clean energy transition, at a HYDROPOWER EUROPE online event last week. The #HPEOnlineWorkshop was part of the HYDROPOWER EUROPE consultation process on a Research and Innovation Agenda (RIA) and Strategic Industry Roadmap (SIR). Stakeholders were able to debate and ...
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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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