Monday, 21 May 2012
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...
US
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...
ritesh pothan
A perspective on Indian renewables
India
The Indian biomass sector (part 1) - The story thus far
Administration official to address future of fuel cells in US at D.C. conference
Combatting energy illiteracy with The WATT? An Energy 101 Primer
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