Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The Hydropower Sustainability Standard was launched Sept. 8 at the International Hydropower Association’s World Hydropower Congress and will help to ensure that hydropower projects across the world are recognized and certified for their environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Mark Wilson, CEO of Intelligent Land Investments, told a conference of the British Hydropower Association in Glasgow on 24 November that while the current energy crisis offers “a great opportunity for renewables”, long-term energy storage will also be required to fulfil that potential.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

A new report by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, “An Examination of the Hydropower Licensing and Federal Authorization Process,” reveals ways to streamline the licensing process for hydroelectric projects. But the mini-hydropower boom did not last. As oil supplies plummeted in the early 1970s, prices skyrocketed.

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Science Daily: Renewable Energy

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Scientists have developed a new modular steel buttress dam system designed to resolve energy storage issues hindering the integration of renewable resources into the energy mix.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 31, 2022

The NYPA board awarded two Erie County businesses with low-cost hydropower allocations — generated at NYPA’s Niagara Power Project hydroelectric facility in Lewiston — and one St. NYPA’s board also approved a 400-kW low-cost hydropower allocation to Niagara Refining. LW1 plans to invest at least $24.2 Lawrence County.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 9, 2021

The 4-MW Kruisvallei hydropower plant reached commercial operations in late February 2021, according to project developer Red Rocket. Construction of this small hydro plant, on the Ash River between Clarens and Bethlehem in the Free State Province of South Africa , began in March 2019. million). “The

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Grist

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

According to a new study published in Environmental Science Technology, hundreds of active hydropower plants are making a worse impact on the climate than fossil fuels. Scientists have known for a while now that hydropower facilities release greenhouse gases — mostly methane, but also CO2 and nitrous oxide.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 27, 2019

Brazil has included four hydropower plants among the projects that will receive support as part of the country's investment partnerships program, called Programa de Parcerias de Investimentos or PPI.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 18, 2021

Pakistan’s NESPAK, in a joint venture with Turkey’s DOLSAR, has won a contract for the Sustainable Hydropower Project in Uzbekistan, which involves the installation of three small hydropower plants on the Aksu River. Total cost of the project will be US$75 million. Joint-Stock Company Uzbekhydroenergo is the project executing agency.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Zimbabwe has announced plans of constructing a 10-MW geothermal power plant at the Chimbwawata Hot Springs in the Binga district. The announcement comes after the country has experienced increase drought frequency resulting in lower output from hydropower plants which accounts for about 69% of Zimbabwe’s energy generation.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 1, 2021

announced plans to build a green hydrogen production plant, which would use 100% renewable energy from Brookfield Renewable’s 252-MW Holtwood hydroelectric facility. and is expected to be online by late 2022, with construction slated to begin by in the first quarter of 2022. Plug Power Inc. and Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

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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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 20, 2021

Hydroelectricity has powered the lives of Ontarians for a century, and Ontario Power Generation is planning an extensive 20-year overhaul of its hydropower generating units to ensure clean, reliable hydropower continues to support the province’s wellbeing. The estimated $2.5

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TechXplore

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Southwest Research Institute has developed a new modular steel buttress dam system designed to resolve energy storage issues hindering the integration of renewable resources into the energy mix.

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Renewables-Info

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Hydropower, as many of you already know, has the very long history of use. This renewable energy source generates electricity in many countries of the world. Thousands of new hydroelectric power plants are either planned or being constructed across the world.

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Solar Industry

MAY 29, 2024

The IRA sunsets the existing Production Tax Credit and Investment Tax Credit by limiting their availability to projects beginning construction before next year and transitioning to the Clean Electricity Production Credit and the Clean Electricity Investment Credit for projects placed in service after December 31.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 29, 2023

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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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 14, 2023

Scottish Renewables and the British Hydropower Association have written a joint letter to the Prime Minister calling on the UK Government to urgently support the deployment of long-duration electricity storage, including pumped storage hydro (PSH). To meet the UK Government’s net-zero targets more clean energy is required.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 9, 2021

Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) has announced two winners of the Groundbreaking Hydro Prize, which challenged innovators to come up with new solutions to support hydropower project development by starting at square one — the foundation. Two teams were chosen as winners.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 11, 2021

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.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The project consists of the design, development, construction, operation, and maintenance of Phase 1 of a planned 150-MW greenfield geothermal power plant in Oromia Regional State in Ethiopia. Construction of the geothermal plant will also generate employment opportunities, benefiting the population from the inception of the project.”

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Liquid Air Energy Storage (LAES) uses electricity to cool air until it liquefies, so it can be stored until an opportune moment arrives when it can be brought back to a gaseous state and used for power generation. Katie Smith of law firm Reddie & Grose LLP examines where the approach fits into the energy storage landscape.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 13, 2019

Statkraft announces it has decided to start construction of the 51.6-MW MW Los Lagos hydropower plant in Chile. The construction is planned to commence in August and completion is scheduled for second half of 2022.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Kathy Hochul kicked off Climate Week by announcing the selection of two massive transmission and renewable energy infrastructure projects that will deliver clean energy to New York City. Hochul said the projects, if finalized by state authorities, will allow New York City to exceed its goal of 70% renewable energy by 2030.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 7, 2022

China Three Gorges (CTG) said it has begun construction of the 1.7 The plant is expected to promote the development of local green and low-carbon adoption and help to optimize the local energy structure, CTG said. CTG is a clean energy group focusing on large-scale hydropower development and operation.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

The Ravenswood Generating Station is undergoing a strategic shift to carry out the transition to clean energy called for by Gov. That money would go to jobs and tax base in the state, he noted, whereas alternatives like importing hydropower from Canada send wealth out of state. Andrew Cuomo and the New York legislature.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 6, 2022

SN Aboitiz Power Group (SNAP), a joint venture between Scatec and AboitizPower (AP), has made the final investment decision for the 20MW battery energy storage system (BESS) project. The project will be located at the Magat hydropower plant in Ramon, Isabela in the Philippines. A first for both partners. EPC and financing.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

The rising cost of capital faced by developers of renewable energy projects, such as onshore wind and solar PV, may slow down the number of new projects and cause some already commissioned projects to become financially unviable, according to energy consultancy Cornwall Insight. This could drive down prices through competition.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 9, 2021

European renewable energy generator Statkraft, in collaboration with Norwegian supplier Ocean Sun, has started commercial operations at the first unit of its floating solar project in Albania. The project is placed at the Banja reservoir in Albania, where Statkraft is operating its 72-MW Banja hydropower plant. Image credit: Statkraft.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 28, 2020

got more energy from renewables in 2019 than it did from coal, a year sooner than that same milestone is expected for the electricity sector on its own, according to the Energy Information Administration. By comparison, total consumption of renewable energy hit a record-high 11.5 gigawatt wind energy investment in Oklahoma.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Duke Energy will build its first floating solar array at Fort Bragg, a U.S. Ameresco, a Massachusetts-based renewables developer and energy efficiency company, will build the project on a lake at the base. The construction of a project requires lower land acquisition costs and means less shading on modules. The biggest U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The Scottish Green Energy Awards announced the shortlist for this year’s awards, said to be the UK’s biggest celebration of the renewable energy industry, on 13 October. Matthieu Hue, Chief Executive of EDF Renewables, said: “Once again we are delighted to be headline sponsor of the much-anticipated Scottish Green Energy Awards.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 30, 2021

Cat Creek Energy and Water has chosen Voith Hydro to design, manufacture and install 720 MW of ternary pumped storage equipment for the Cat Creek Energy and Water (CCEW) Project planned near Mountain Home, Idaho. manufacturing and construction jobs over the next six years and will offset more than 2.7

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 9, 2020

Major infrastructure projects are notoriously tough to build in 21st-century America, and that seems especially true for transmission lines, however critical they are in transforming the energy system. The case for new multi-state transmission lines has never been clearer. All the same, transmission developers have not given up.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 6, 2020

The head of SoftBank's renewable energy subsidiary, SB Energy Global, says his firm is committed to growing its presence in international clean energy markets despite ongoing financial struggles at the parent company — and new ones stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. ” SB Energy wins big at India auctions.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

In Sweden, renewable energy firm HPSolartech has signed a deal with infrastructure funding company Sunspark for the construction of 40 land-based solar energy parks in the southern parts of the European country. The contract is the ‘largest solar energy deal ever in Sweden’ according to the two companies.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 12, 2021

ReNew will acquire L&T Uttaranchal Hydropower Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of engineering and construction firm L&T. This acquisition marks ReNew’s entry into the hydropower sector. budget package with wins for clean energy, climate. ReNew will add the project operations team of SBHEP to its team.

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