Small Hydro

India’s Teesta-V Hydropower Station Awarded 2021 IHA Blue Planet Prize

Thursday, 23 September 2021 REM The 2021 IHA Blue Planet Prize for excellence in sustainable hydropower development has been awarded to the Teesta-V hydropower project in India, operated by NHPC Limited. The prize was awarded by the ...

Lithuania

Planning commences for the expansion of Kruonis Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Plant in Lithuania

Thursday, 26 August 2021 Robin Whitlock AB “Ignitis gamyba”, which manages and develops electricity generation in Lithuania, has signed a consultancy agreement with engineering, consulting and design company AFRY Switzerland Ltd for the ...

Bristol Energy Cooperative to develop new hydropower project and net zero housing microgrid

Monday, 11 January 2021 Robin Whitlock Bristol not-for-profit community group Bristol Energy Cooperative will reveal further details of exciting new project plans in a webinar next week, to include Bristol's first ever hydroelectric scheme ...

Hydropower Plants to Support Solar and Wind Energy in West Africa

Thursday, 28 May 2020 REM Hydropower plants can support solar and wind power, rather unpredictable by nature, in a climate-friendly manner. A new study in the scientific journal Nature Sustainability has now mapped the potential ...

GE Renewable Energy to Rehabilitate Hydropower Plant in Philippines

Thursday, 13 February 2020 REM GE Renewable Energy booked a contract with Angat Hydropower Corporation to rehabilitate the 218 MW Angat hydropower plant located in the Philippines. This 53-year-old Angat hydropower facility supplies ...

Hull Street Energy Acquires Hydroelectric Plants from EGPNA

Tuesday, 04 February 2020 REM Maryland-based, Hull Street Energy, has signed an agreement to acquire 31 hydroelectric facilities with 255 MW of capacity from EGPNA Renewable Energy Partners (EGPNA REP), a joint venture between Enel ...

Locals Rally to Back Home-Grown Renewable Energy Project

Thursday, 23 January 2020 REM

A plan to transform Corwen into one of Wales's greenest towns with its own renewable energy scheme fed by locally-generated hydro and solar power systems has won the support of residents.

Innovative Hydropower Project Unveiled at COP25

Tuesday, 10 December 2019 REM A major new energy innovation project to demonstrate how smart hydropower technologies can deliver a low-carbon, reliable and resilient power system was launched today. The €18 million initiative was ...

BPA Completes Ghana’s First Micro Hydropower Plant

Thursday, 21 November 2019 REM The Bui Power Authority recently completed Ghana’s first micro-hydropower plant, the Tsatsadu Generating Station, under the Ministry of Energy’s renewable energy initiative. The plant, situated on ...

Work Begins on Hydropower Rehabilitation Project in Tajikistan

Friday, 30 August 2019 REM A ceremony to mark the start of work at Tajikistan’s Qairokkum hydropower plant (QHPP) was recently held. The $196 million financing package organized by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ...