Controls and Automation

Brazil’s Votorantim Energia has improved the transmission of operating data to national grid operator ONS from four of its hydro plants. The upgrades plants are Sobragi (Belmiro Braga, Minas Gerais state), Itupararanga (Votorantim, São Paulo),...

The Ocean Energy Smart Grid Integration Project has been launched by Canada’s Ocean Supercluster. The C$975,000 (US$760,000) initiative brings together a range of partners in ocean innovation to commercialize the integration of ocean energy...

Mitsubishi Corporation has awarded Voith Hydro the electromechanical equipment contract for the 174-MW Asahan 3 hydropower project in Indonesia, which will be operated by state-owned utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN). Voith will be responsible for...

The New York Power Authority today announced the first milestone of its 15-year modernization and digitalization program to significantly extend the operating life of its Niagara Power Project, the largest source of clean electricity...

The Bureau of Reclamation recently announced that Blaise Prebo is Reclamation’s Project Manager of the Year. Prebo is a project manager working in the Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region in Grand Coulee, Wash. The award, new this year, reinforces...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced its sixth CyberForce Competition™, which challenges college students to compete in a realistic cybersecurity defense exercise, will take place virtually on Nov. 14, 2020. Argonne National Laboratory, which hosted the first CyberForce...

Several exciting speakers and sessions have been added to the lineup for next month’s HYDROVISION Exchange virtual event. HYDROVISION International and Hydro Review are hosting this completely virtual experience on November 16-19, 2020. The HYDROVISION Exchange...

Oslo-headquartered Statkraft has selected ABB to ensure the efficiency and reliability of its hydropower operations in northern Norway. ABB will modernize automation, control and power solutions at Statkraft’s Straumsmoand Innset hydropower plants. Both projects will leverage...

The City of Hillsboro, Energy Trust of Oregon, Portland General Electric (PGE) and InPipe Energy jointly announced the completion of the Hillsboro In-Pipe Hydroelectric Project – the first renewable energy project featuring the In-PRV system. In-PRV is a...

Itaipu Binacional, operator of the 14-GW Itaipu hydroelectric plant on the Brazil-Paraguay border, has resumed the procurement process for the US$660 million technological revamp of the project. According to BNamericas, the call for the 14-year modernization project...