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Rentricity wins top award at 2012 Cleantech Open Global Forum

Tuesday, 27 November 2012 Robin Whitlock

The company won the “Best in Renewable Energy” Award at the forum held in San Jose, California on 8^th and 9th November

Why small hydropower is making a big splash

Wednesday, 22 August 2012 REM Support from governments around the world is making hydropower a key renewable energy source, and small hydropower (SHP) plants in particular are exhibiting impressive growth thanks to numerous advant...

Africa

Euros 5 million earmarked for small hydro in West Africa

Tuesday, 08 May 2012 Toby Price The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will team with the ECOWAS Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) and the World Bank to implement a five-year...

Romanian inventor looking to bring “butterfly” hydro device to market

Friday, 16 March 2012 Toby Price Bogdan Andrei is on a mission. He and his brother Dragos have invented what he describes as “the most efficient hydroelectric turbine” in the world, and are looking for investors to help bring his...

DOE funds “fish-friendly” hydropower turbine

Thursday, 27 October 2011 REM The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has been selected for a $1.5 million award from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to deploy and test the Alden turbine, a hydropower electricity generator ...

England

Community hydro projects looks for your support

Monday, 20 June 2011 Toby Price In 1870, work commenced on what turned out to be the first house in the world to be lit using hydroelectric power: Cragside in Northumberland (England). Now, residents of Hexham, another town in this ...

Micro-hydro turbine unveiled by Smart Hydro Power

Wednesday, 13 April 2011 On Monday, Smart Hydro Power unveiled its first 5-kW micro-hydro turbine system to an international audience. Despite pouring rain, the company’s bright-blue turbine was calmy launched into the wate...

Solar specialist Silfab branches out into micro hydropower

Thursday, 25 November 2010 The photovoltaic multinational Silfab has placed its bets on Romanian hydropower projects by acquiring equity stakes in Italian renewable energy developer Idrofin Srl, a Padua-based developer of hydro...