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PG&E Calif. Helms 1 hydro unit back
Original at Reuters
• Sun, Jun 14
PG&E Calif. Helms 1 hydro unit back The 1212-MW Helms pumped storage hydropower station, which entered service in 1984, is located near Fresno in Fresno County. There are three 404 MW units at the station. Unit 3 shut by Sept. 28 and will likely return in mid June. ...
E.ON sells 300 MW of hydropower capacity to Austrian utility
Original at Renewable Energy Focus
• 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 ...
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Northwest governors back BPA call for pumped storage study
Original at HydroWorld
• Mon, Jun 8
The governors of four Pacific Northwest states have urged Energy Secretary Steven Chu to approve requests by Bonneville Power Administration for funding to study pumped-storage hydropower sites to support intermittent renewable resources. Govs. ...
UK's Scottish & Southern to build gas, wind, hydropower plants
Original at PennEnergy
• Thu, May 21
TX 21 May 2009 - UK utility Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) has announced plans to build a new gas fired power plant in Wales, a wind farm in Shetland and a pumped storage facility along its Sloy hydro station in Scotland. SSE said it would build two ...