A major new energy innovation project to demonstrate how smart hydropower technologies can deliver a low-carbon, reliable and resilient power system was launched at the United Nations climate change conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain. The €18 million initiative was announced by the European Commission and a consortium of 19 partners, including the International Hydropower Association....
A new permanent interactive exhibition has been inaugurated at the Acquoria hydro plant “to provide an innovative approach to describe how renewable energy is created and to highlight the excellence of the region,” Enel Green Power says. This multimedia experience covers the five sources of clean and renewable energy: hydro, geothermal, wind, marine and solar....
Drax says Great Britain risks failing to meet its 2050 net zero carbon targets unless energy storage from technologies like pumped hydro and batteries increases tenfold to support more renewables on the electricity system. This conclusion comes from analysis performed by Imperial College for Drax Electric Insights. Across Great Britain, Europe and the U.S., the...
The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) in Uganda has lifted its objections to a South African firm conducting a study for a 360-MW hydropower plant at Murchison Falls. According to the tourism ministry, Uganda will approve the feasibility study into building a hydro powerhouse near the awe-inspiring Murchison Falls. This decision comes three months after vowing...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a preliminary permit to Four Lakes Task Force to study the feasibility of the 6-MW Edenville Dam Hydroelectric Project on the Tittabawassee and Tobacco river system in Michigan. The project, located immediately upstream of the confluence of the two rivers in Gladwin and Midland counties, would consist of:...
Researchers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center determined that ready access to near-real-time information about flooded roads (via satellite data) could have saved ambulance drivers and other emergency responders an average of nine minutes per emergency response and potential millions of dollars, using the 2011 Southeast Asian floods as a case study. The study is...
Marine Power Systems (MPS) has been awarded £4.3 million by the European Regional Development Fund to accelerate the development of a floating offshore wave and wind technology for energy generation in deep water locations. The ERDF funding — which is part of a £6.2million project under the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership...
The Inter-American Development Bank has placed the planned modernization of the 300-MW Francisco Morazan (also known as El Cajon) hydroelectric complex in its pipeline for possible financing, marking an important milestone for this largest hydro facility in Honduras. BNamericas says this financing package would consist of US$18 million from the Clean Technology Fund and the...
Staff with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) have detailed the depth of its continuing efforts to address cybersecurity challenges facing the nation’s energy infrastructure, including hydropower facilities. The presentation detailed several organizational changes meant to better focus the agency’s resources on quickly evolving cyber challenges, including creation of a new security-focused group within the...
Companhia Paranaense de Energia (Copel) has awarded a US$2.5 million contract to ABB’s to upgrade its 1,240-MW Governador José Richa hydropower plant in the state of Paraná in Brazil. ABB will provide excitation systems and speed regulation for four generators at the 20-year-old Governador José Richa (formerly called Salto Caxias) plant on the Iguazu River...