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Improving the efficiency of the hydropower network

Envirotec Magazine

Hydropower is an extremely old source of energy, whose provenance extends back to the watermills that were relied upon by ancient civilisations. Hydroelectricity remains an attractive renewable energy source today, especially in Europe which has a large network of small and large hydropower plants. WEG installation.

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China Three Gorges starts work on 1.7 GW pumped storage station

Renewable Energy World

China Three Gorges (CTG) said it has begun construction of the 1.7 GW Tiantai pumped storage power station in Zhajiang Province. million tons for Zhejiang’s grid power system. CTG is a clean energy group focusing on large-scale hydropower development and operation. CTG expects to record annual output of 1.7

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First unit operating at 84-MW La Virgen hydroelectric plant in Peru

Renewable Energy World

The unit came online Saturday, according to power grid coordinator COES. Special purpose company La Virgen, controlled by Brazil’s Alupar Investimento and Peruana de Energía, began construction of the plant in 2014. The hydro project uses water from the Tarma River and connects to the national grid via the 63.5-km-long,

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AES pooling clean energy resources to power Google data centers

Renewable Energy World

The portfolio assembled by AES is expected to require approximately $600 million of investment and generate 1,200 jobs, both permanent and construction, in the host communities. Our hope is that this model can be replicated to accelerate the clean energy transition, both for companies and, eventually, for power grids.”.

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Dominion Targets 24GW of Renewables and Storage in Move Toward Virginia’s Clean Energy Goals

GreenTechMedia

Dominion’s Virginia generation portfolio today is roughly one-third natural gas, one-third nuclear and one-quarter coal, with just over 5 percent ascribed to renewable energy, much of it hydropower and biomass. Major boosts for solar, offshore wind and energy storage.

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How electricity demand growth is now being outpaced by new renewables generation

Business Green

Energy analysts are celebrating findings that show the renewable power sector has proved itself capable of expanding at a rate faster than increasing demand for electricity. Ember calculated that achieving a near-zero carbon grid by 2030 would shave £93bn in gas costs, a figure roughly equivalent to the UK's annual education spending.

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Largest PV investments in Poland and Ukraine

Renewable Energy World

Eastern European countries differ strongly in their current share of RES in total electricity production (with a record 65% share in Romania, Latvia, and Croatia, which rely heavily on hydropower). The construction of D?bsk As Marek Marzec, Renewable Energy Projects Development Director at Polenergia S.A., the investor of D?