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Mocean granted £3 m to fund next-gen wave machine
Mocean Energy has secured over £3 million in EU funding to develop and deploy a 250 kW wave machine in Orkney, Scotland.
GE to upgrade China’s Xiangjiaba hydro plant
GE Vernova announced on 22 August that it has been selected by Yangtze Power to upgrade the Xiangjiaba hydropower plant. The scope of work includes the design, manufacturing,...
World's largest hydro-solar power plant starts generating
With the installation of 523.1 MW of Astronergy PV modules, the first phase of Kela Power Plant, the world's largest hydro-solar power plant and the world's highest power station of...
SSE Generation fined after Ofgem investigation
An investigation by UK energy regulator Ofgem has found that SSE Generation Ltd breached its licence after securing excessive payments from National Grid ESO in exchange for...
Significant shifts in US hydropower map – EIA
Record-breaking rain and snow in parts of the western United States have contributed to the US Energy Information Administration’s forecast 71% rise in hydropower generation in...
GE selected to deliver pumped storage for Chira Soria
GE – in consortium with Cobra Infrastructuras Hidráulicas – has been selected by Red Eléctrica, the sole transmission agent and operator of the national electricity system in Spain,...
Vattenfall plans new hydro power in Sweden
For the first time in twelve years, Vattenfall plans to build new hydro power facilities in four Swedish locations that are already home to hydro power plants. In total, the project...
RheEnergise and partners secure £1m grant from UK government
In partnership with the University of Greenwich and the University of Exeter, RheEnergise, the UK company that is developing what is said to be a new and advanced form of...
GE connects all units at 1.2 GW Jinzhai pumped storage
In line with the planned schedule, all units of the Jinzhai pumped storage power plant in China have been successfully connected to the grid, completed 15 days of trial operation, and...
First horizontal, six-nozzle Pelton turbine installed
The trial operation of the first horizontal, six-nozzle Pelton turbine at the Gerlos 1 pumped storage power plant is reported as running successfully, for over two months now, and...
First two pumped storage units at Jinzhai commissioned
GE Hydro Solutions has been contracted by Anhui Jinzhai Pumped Storage Power Co, one of the divisions of State Grid XinYuan, to supply four new 300 MW Pumped Storage...
Foresight Energy invests in combine PSH/wind power project
Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners, Foresight Group’s flagship energy transition fund, has made its first investment in pumped storage hydro technology.
Drought reduces hydro generation in the USA
The US Energy Information Administration reports that in 2021, a historic drought that affected much of the western United States led to reduced water supply and, as a result, to...
US hydropower generation to decline 14% in 2021
In its latest Short Term Energy Outlook the US Energy Information Administration forecasts that electricity generation from US hydropower plants will be 14% lower in 2021 than it was...
Hydropower made up 66% of Brazil’s generation in 2020
The Energy Information Administration reports that Brazil, which largely relies on hydropower for electricity generation, met 66% of its electricity demand in 2020 from that...
MAN and Andritz seal hydrogen co-operation agreement
MAN Energy Solutions and Andritz Hydro have completed a strategic framework agreement to jointly develop international projects for the production of green hydrogen from hydropower.
Wudongde 10.2 GW hydro comes fully online
The Wudongde (WDD) project is the seventh largest hydropower station in the world, and has the largest capacity single unit in operation. Now, under a year after the commissioning of...
First hydro pumped power project in the Gulf region
Hitachi ABB Power Grids has contracted to supply Andritz Hydro with what is said to be state-of-the-art technology for grid connection and stabilisation at a unique pumped...
Glenmuckloch pumped storage project goes on sale
Buccleuch has announced that with the assistance of Edinburgh-based investment bank, Noble & Co, it is to put on the market a consented 210 MW pumped storage hydro system together with...