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December of 2009

 

Rate EVN plans new power sources in dry season

Original at VOVNews.vn external link    Mon, Dec 28

EVN said there had been little rain in the north since September this year, and water flow into the reservoirs of hydropower stations was only equal to ...

Rate NTPC Signs Initial Agreement to Build Bhutan Hydropower Plant

Original at Bloomberg external link    Sun, Dec 27

28 (Bloomberg) -- NTPC Ltd., India's biggest power producer, signed a preliminary agreement with Bhutan to set up a hydro-electric project in the eastern ...

Rate Need to import coal comes early

Original at VietNamNet Bridge external link    Sun, Dec 27

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As hydropower resources have nearly been fully exploited, and natural gas resources are limited, the country will have to rely on coal-run thermal power ... and more »

Rate Gore mulls hydropower plan

Original at Glens Falls Post-Star external link    Sun, Dec 27

in place for hydropower," he said. Pratt said the mountain makes snow using a 25 million gallon reservoir tank of water pumped up from the Hudson River. ... and more »

Rate DOE seen awarding more energy service contracts

Original at Inquirer.net external link    Sun, Dec 27

MANILA, Philippines--THE Department of Energy may award more renewable energy service contracts for biomass and hydropower sources to 32 ...

Rate New Year's gift in Pascoag: Cheaper power to 5000 people

Original at Providence Journal external link    Sun, Dec 27

Including an agreement with a new hydropower facility in Maine, the district gets 45 percent of its electricity from either hydropower or nuclear power. ...

Rate Annual cleaning Punjab closes major irrigation canals

Original at Pakistan Observer external link    Sun, Dec 27

This water is mainly being used for generation of electricity from hydropower houses of the two dams. He said Punjab will be using about 18000 cusecs water ... Eight-hour power outage in two daysPeninsula On-line all 4 news articles »

Rate An Energy-Policy Rethink Is Required

Original at Wall Street Journal external link    Sun, Dec 27

A less-celebrated example is Norway's hydropower expansion that provides 99% of its electricity and at times, most of that of Scandinavia as well. ... and more »

Rate Govt targets at least 20% renewable energy by 2020 - istockAnalyst.com

Original at istockanalyst.com external link    Sun, Dec 27

Govt targets at least 20% renewable energy by 2020 istockAnalyst.com (press release) Renewable energies include solar power, hydropower, wind power and biomass. According to the government's white paper on energy, renewable energy accounted ...

Rate L&T, Lanco face wrath of 'save river' campaign

Original at Business Standard external link    Sun, Dec 27

L&T, Lanco face wrath of 'save river' campaign L&T was recently in news when the state government stopped its hydropower project saying the company must sell the 13 per cent of additional power from the ... and more »

Rate Oriental Peninsula to invest P2.4B on Visayas power plant

Original at BusinessWorld Online external link    Sun, Dec 27

Commercial operations of the hydropower plant will start in 2012. "There is a substantial potential for power contribution in the Panay Island," he added. ... and more »

Rate 29 Micro Hydropower Projects From a Rivulet - istockAnalyst.com

Original at istockanalyst.com external link    Sun, Dec 27

29 Micro Hydropower Projects From a Rivulet istockAnalyst.com (press release) Villagers had started generating electricity from a micro hydropower project with capacity of five-watt in Karimela of ward-7 of the VDC in 2052 BS for the ...

Rate India, Bhutan pen hydropower MoUs

Original at Himalayan Times external link    Sat, Dec 26

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Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper “Both sides expressed satisfaction at cooperation in the hydropower sector and reiterated their commitment to achieve the target of 10000 MW of power ... His Majesty returns todayKuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper all 4 news articles »

Rate Golen Gol hydropower project to be completed in 3 Years

Original at Pakistan Times external link    Sat, Dec 26

ISLAMABAD: The government is all set to complete Golen Gol Hydropower project by July 2013 to add 106 megawatt electricity to country's transmission system. ...

Rate WAPDA seeks early completion of dam, hydropower projects

Original at Daily Times external link    Fri, Dec 25

Besides, the project will also generate 17.4 MW of low-cost hydropower, which will help cater to the electricity requirements of the local populace, ... Jinnah Hydropower, Gomal dam to complete next yearThe News International all 4 news articles »

Rate Sandia adds water power to clean energy research portfolio

Original at Ethiopian Review external link    Thu, Dec 24

will collaborate with Argonne and Oak Ridge national laboratories on conventional hydropower. Rich Jepsen, a specialist in water resources engineering, ... and more »

Rate Genco enters into PPAs with Discoms

Original at Newindpress on Sunday external link    Wed, Dec 23

They will also cover hydropower generation units, Srisailam, Nagarjunasagar and Sileru. In the thermal wing it will sell 6549 mw power and in hydropower ... APGenco signs PPAs with discomsBusiness Standard all 2 news articles »

Rate Eight hour power outage in offing

Original at Pakistan Dawn external link    Wed, Dec 23

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According to sources, the peak hydropower generation currently stood at around 3545MW which would drop to about 400MW from Feb 26 when the revised water ... Massive loadshedding IRSA to reduce water outflows from Terbela, ManglaPakistan Observer all 2 news articles »

Rate Power Contract Gives Lifeline to Big Smelter

Original at KUOW NPR external link    Tue, Dec 22

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KATU The occasion was the signing of a contract under which the Bonneville Power Administration will supply the Alcoa company with low–cost federal hydropower. ... KPLU Intalco smelter gets some breathing room, support on power dealTheNewsTribune.com all 45 news articles »

Rate Energy output 5.68bn kwh in Armenia in 2009

Original at Analytic Agency NEWS.am external link    Tue, Dec 22

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Movsisyan is satisfied with the output of water power – 2bn kwh. The energy output of small hydropower plants reached 335m kwh this year against 229kwh last ... Armenia ready to export electricity to TurkeyInformation-Analytic Agency NEWS.am

Rate Ministries try to twist out of AJK dam row

Original at Pakistan Dawn external link    Mon, Dec 21

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The ministry said the government welcomed all private sector initiatives for power generation, particularly in the hydropower sector, and was pursuing 18 ... Bureaucracy stalls $800m hydel projectDAWN.com all 3 news articles »

Rate Applegate Dam gets approval for hydropower

Original at Mail Tribune external link    Fri, Dec 18

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KDRV Water flowing out of Applegate Dam could begin generating electricity in as early as four years under a new federal hydropower license ... FERC approves hydropower license at Applegate DamKTVZ all 9 news articles »

Rate Northern reservoirs to release water on drought concerns

Original at Thanh Nien Daily external link    Thu, Dec 17

State-owned Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has committed to releasing some two billion cubic meters of water from hydropower reservoirs to reduce the risk of ...

Rate Head of NYPA says hydropower battle is resolved

Original at Watertown Daily Times external link    Thu, Dec 17

And, he said, he may even throw in an additional 2 megawatts of hydropower, giving the community 22 megawatts of low-cost power to attract businesses here. ... Alcoa plant making moneyWatertownDailyTimes.com all 2 news articles »

Rate 50 turn out seeking answers from DEP

Original at Times Herald-Record external link    Wed, Dec 16

Tentative plans call for 11 hydropower turbines at dams located at the Cannonsville, Neversink, Pepacton and Schoharie reservoirs. The turbines are expected ...

Rate Psalm names high bidders for hydropower capacity

Original at HydroWorld external link    Wed, Dec 16

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Strategic Power Development Corp. submitted the high bid of US$450 million for the capacity of the 345-MW San Roque multipurpose hydroelectric plant in the ... SMC arm wins hydropower bidBusiness Mirror International Water Power and Dam Construction

Rate Ratia Energie AG - Financial Analysis Review - new report released - Live-PR.com

Original at Live-PR.com external link    Wed, Dec 16

Ratia Energie AG - Financial Analysis Review - new report released press release) The company generates hydropower, Nuclear power and wind power through its power plants located in Switzerland and Italy. The electric energy of the company ... and more »

Rate SMC arm wins hydropower bid

Original at Business Mirror external link    Tue, Dec 15

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Earlier on Tuesday, Psalm's bidding of the contracted hydro power capacities of the three independent power producers of the National Power Corp. ... Psalm names high bidders for hydropower capacityHydroWorld International Water Power and Dam Construction

Rate Goal set to cut energy emissions 30%

Original at Bangkok Post external link    Mon, Dec 14

measures are required to cope with targeted rise of emissions such as greater use of renewable energy such as solar, wind, hydropower, and hydrogen, ... and more »

Rate State board to review local Empire Zone appeals

Original at Utica Observer Dispatch external link    Sat, Dec 12

Brookfield owns two hydroelectric facilities in Oneida County under the business name Erie Boulevard Hydropower LLC. The facilities, known as Trenton and ...

Rate Noon: Where Do You Take Visitors?

Original at The Spokesman Review external link    Thu, Dec 10

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During Spring, I might stray a bit out of CDA and take them to the park and dam at Post Falls. The park is charming and all that hydropower is mighty ... and more »

Rate Duma to Hold Hearings on Safety of Hydraulic Engineering Installations - istockAnalyst.com

Original at istockanalyst.com external link    Wed, Dec 9

Duma to Hold Hearings on Safety of Hydraulic Engineering Installations istockAnalyst.com (press release) 70 people and led to the total or partial destruction of nine out of the ten power units. The operation of the hydropower plant, the largest in Russia, ...

Rate Ostfold Energi A/S - Strategic Analysis Review - new report released - Live-PR.com

Original at Live-PR.com external link    Mon, Dec 7

Ostfold Energi A/S - Strategic Analysis Review - new report released Pressemitteilung) Currently, the company owns and operates hydropower plants in Indre Sogn and Ostfold, owns two waste to energy power plants in Ostfold and also has co ... and more »

Rate Stopping climate change

Original at Santa Rosa Press Democrat external link    Sun, Dec 6

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Electricity can be generated by nuclear fission, hydropower, biomass, wind and solar energy; and cars and trucks can run on electricity or biofuels. ... World Bank urges immediate steps to promote energy efficiency regardless of ...Winnipeg Free Press

Rate Kenya to Build Huge Wind Farm As Devastating Drought Curtails Hydropower

Original at Worldchanging external link    Wed, Dec 2

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By Joe Romm Power shortages have forced blackouts from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Johannesburg this year, but the shortages have been especially acute in Kenya. A prolonged drought has dried up riverbeds and crippled the country's hydroelectric plants. Officials have imported fossil fuels as an e...

November of 2009

 

Rate Investment In Wind Power Blows Into Chile

Original at CleanTech Brief external link    Sat, Nov 21

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The Latin American nation has limited indigenous energy resources, with the exception of hydropower. As a result, the country must import the bulk of its ... Research and Markets: Analyzing Renewable Energy in ChinaLive-PR.com (press release)

Rate Kenya moves closer to power supply deal with Ethiopia

Original at Business Daily Africa external link    Mon, Nov 16

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It takes at least seven years to develop new hydropower sources even with ready financing. Geothermal power, which has proved to be Kenya's viable ... Sudan Tribune -Afrique en Ligue -International Water Power and Dam Construction

Rate DOE Hydropower Funding Upgrades Dams Rather Than Building New

Original at SolveClimate external link    Thu, Nov 12

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The organization, which works to support the removal of dams, cites numerous environmental issues with large hydropower dams, including flooded wetlands, ... Hydropower upgrades to at average less than US$0.04/kWh – without new damsRenewable Energy Focus

June of 2009

 

Rate Voith Hydro to Represent Hydropower Industry at Green Jobs ... - PR Newswire

Original at sev.prnewswire.com external link    Tue, Jun 16

Headquartered in York, Pennsylvania, Voith Hydro is an innovative, fast-growing company creating renewable hydro energy solutions. Voith Hydro produces cost-efficient - and environmentally friendly - equipment for hydropower dams, which harness the ...

Rate Voith Hydro to Represent Hydropower Industry at Green Jobs ... - PR Newswire

Original at prnewswire.com external link    Tue, Jun 16

Headquartered in York , Pennsylvania , Voith Hydro is an innovative, fast-growing company creating renewable hydro energy solutions. Voith Hydro produces cost-efficient - and environmentally friendly - equipment for hydropower dams, which harness the ...

Rate Opinion: China suspends two hydropower dams pending environmental clearance

Original at Tibetan Review external link    Sun, Jun 14

 India TibetanReview.net, Jun13, 2009)China's environment ministry had suspended construction of two ambitious hydropower dams in the upper Yangtze River region, saying the projects were illegal because they were started without necessary environmental ...

Rate Opinion: China stops 2 hydropower dams; cites environment

Original at google.com external link    Fri, Jun 12

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BEIJING (AP) — China's environment ministry has suspended construction of two ambitious hydropower dams in the upper Yangtze River region, saying the projects were illegal because they were started without necessary environmental assessments. ...

Rate China Power International to acquire 5952-MW hydro operator

Original at HydroWorld external link    Thu, Jun 11

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China Power International Development Ltd. announced the proposed acquisition of 63 percent of Wu Ling Power, with holdings in 10 operating and three proposed hydropower projects, and one coal plant, totaling 5952 MW. China Power proposes to acquire Wu ...

Rate E.ON sells 300 MW of hydropower capacity to Austrian utility

Original at Renewable Energy Focus external link    Wed, Jun 10

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 UK E.ON will in return receive rights to procure electricity over a 20-year period from Zemm-Ziller pumped-storage hydropower plants in Austria's Ziller River Valley plus cash compensation. These procurement rights represent about 318 MW of the hydropower ...

Rate Serbia and Italy sign deal on hydropower plants construction - Balkans.com Business News

Original at balkans.com external link    Tue, Jun 9

Representatives of Serbian power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) and Italian power company SECI Energia SpA signed a preliminary agreement in Belgrade on the construction of nine hydro power plants on the river Ibar in central Serbia pointing out ...

Rate Gibe II hydropower project closer to joining national power grid

Original at Ezega external link    Sat, Jun 6

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At a critical time when the whole country is under stress due to the power shedding scheme, and when all major manufacturing firms are disconnected from the ... Speech of Mihiret Debebe , CEO of Ethiopian Electric Power CorporationWalta Information Center

Year 2009

 

Rate EarthTalk: What is the ‘green cities’ movement?

Original at Christian Science Monitor external link    Fri, Mar 13

By editorial Another green cities leader is Rekjavík, Iceland, where hydrogen-powered buses ply the streets and renewable energy sources – geothermal and hydropower – provide the city’s heat and electricity. Other green cities include: London; Copenhagen, Denmark; Sydney, New South Wales; Bar...

Year 2008

 

Rate Opinion: Publisher buys hydropower magazines, info products

Original at Water Technology Online external link    Mon, Dec 22

 NY - Hydro Review serves the North American hydropower industry, HRW is a globally circulated hydropower magazine, and HydroNews.net is a daily news and ... PennWell Acquires World's Leading Hydroelectric Information Provider PR Newswire (press release)

Rate Climate change experts lose faith in renewable technology

Original at The Guardian (UK) external link    Tue, Dec 9

By David Adam Support for renewable energy technology to fight global warming is weakening in the face of worldwide economic problems and the true scale of the carbon reductions required, a survey published today has suggested. The survey shows less support for wind energy, solar power, biofuels, b...

Rate SJVN bags World Bank funding with CDM benefits

Original at Webindia123 external link    Mon, Sep 29

Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) has become the first hydro electric company in India to get World Bank funding for its 412-MW Rampur hydroelectric project in Himachal Pradesh, a large project tied with clean development mechanism (CDM) benefits. Complimenting SJVN, Power Minister Sus...

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