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Civil engineering firm to construct a new hydropower station in Reading

Envirotec Magazine

Civil engineering specialist Land & Water has won a contract to construct a new hydropower station at Caversham Weir in Reading on behalf of client Reading Hydro CBS. This will help to create a renewable source of energy, in the area, that should generate around 46kw of renewable electricity to the National Grid.

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Improving the efficiency of the hydropower network

Envirotec Magazine

The Itaipu dam, at the Brazil-Paraguay border, is the second largest hydroelectric power plant in the world, with an installed capacity of 14,000 MW. Hydropower is an extremely old source of energy, whose provenance extends back to the watermills that were relied upon by ancient civilisations. WEG installation.

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New 30MW tidal energy project unveiled in Orkney

Envirotec Magazine

Tidal energy firm Orbital Marine Power (Orbital) has been awarded an Option Agreement from Crown Estate Scotland for a new tidal energy project in the Westray Firth. Alistair Carmichael, MP for Orkney and Shetland, said: “These are exciting times for tidal stream energy.

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Most innovative energy start-ups recognised in German awards

Envirotec Magazine

Fifteen start-ups deemed to have the most innovative business models in the field of energy transition and climate protection were celebrated at an award ceremony in Berlin on 28 March – recipients of The Start Up Energy Transition Award (SET Award) administered in part by the German Energy Agency ( dena ).

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Electrification gets down to the wire

GreenBiz

It’s a shockingly heady time for electricity. The push to quickly transition carbon-intensive activities away from fossil fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs has put electricity producers and consumers squarely in the forefront of the emerging clean economy. Subscribe here. Surge protection.

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ReNew Power acquires 359 MWs of hydro, solar projects in India

Renewable Energy World

ReNew Power in India is acquiring two assets with a combined enterprise value of INR28.5 ReNew will acquire L&T Uttaranchal Hydropower Ltd., which owns the 99-MW Singoli Bhatwari Hydroelectric Project (SBHEP), from L&T Power Development Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of engineering and construction firm L&T.

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Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park to use hydropower for operations

Renewable Energy World

Work is under way at Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska to tie into a hydropower network to provide renewable power to the headquarters complex. This effort is a public-private renewable energy partnership between the National Park Service and Alaska Power and Telephone. 31, 2021.