Posted in Hydro Energy on 2008-07-04 | No Comments »
MWH is a global provider of environmental engineering, strategic consulting and construction management services. The company announced it was selected to provide engineering services for the 250-megawatt Bujagali Hydroelectric Power Project on the Victoria Nile River in Uganda.
Us Firm Works on Ugandan Hydroelectric
Posted in Economics, Hydro Energy on 2008-07-03 | No Comments »
Brookfield Renewable Power Inc. announced Monday that it has completed a US$120-million project financing related to the acquisition of the Itiquira hydroelectric generating facility in Brazil.
Brookfield Renewable Power Arranges US$120M Financing
Posted in Economics, Hydro Energy on 2008-07-03 | No Comments »
Andritz has closed the acquisition of GE’s share of the GE Hydro Inepar (GEHI) joint venture and some other assets in GE Energy’s hydro unit following announcements over the last two months on separate deals.
Andritz Closes Acquisition of Gehi
Posted in Economics, Hydro Energy on 2008-06-12 | No Comments »
Boralex Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire a hydroelectric power station with an installed capacity of 14.5 megawatts (MW) located in Ocean Falls, British Columbia, Canada. The power station currently generates approximately 13,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity per year.
A significant portion of the power station’s total output is sold to BC [...]
Posted in Hydro Energy on 2008-05-09 | No Comments »
The joint Russian-Indian power company RusSUNHydro has begun feasibility studies on the possibility of participation in a tender process for a number of hydropower sites in Himachal Pradesh, India.
RusSUNHydro has entered into an agreement with Tojo Vikas International Pvt. Ltd regarding the preparation of preliminary research material on each project. RusSUNHydro was founded in 2007 [...]
Posted in Energy, Geothermal, Hydro Energy, Solar Energy, Tidal, Wave Power, Wind Energy on 2008-04-15 | No Comments »
A shortage of human capital, especially experienced business leaders, is presenting an obstacle to further growth of the growing clean energy industry, a new study finds. According to a joint report by New Energy Finance and recruitment firm Heidrick & Struggles that looks into top-level recruitment in the clean energy sector, the issue is rising [...]
Posted in Europe, Hydro Energy on 2008-02-20 | No Comments »
Andritz VA Tech Hydro has announced that it will supply its StrafloMatrix mini-hydroplant technology to a development for Italian Consorzio Canale Industriale Giulio Camuzzoni.
The 1.23 megawatt (MW) plant will be installed by Andritz in a former ship-lock on the Chievo Dam on the Adige River north of Verona, Italy. Start-up is scheduled to take [...]
Posted in Electricity, Hydro Energy, Solar Energy, Wind Energy on 2008-02-01 | 1 Comment »
Kettles will be boiling and toasters popping in a small Scottish island today when its 87 residents receive mains electricity for the first time.
At midday the Isle of Eigg will take a long-awaited step into the modern world when its oldest resident, a 90-year-old woman, flicks a switch in a symbolic ceremony on the pier.
Five [...]
Posted in Economics, Hydro Energy, Wind Energy on 2008-02-01 | No Comments »
Utility EdP-Energias de Portugal (EDP.LB) estimates that wind and hydroelectric power will account for 68% of its investment by 2010, the company said in its investors day presentation on renewables Thursday.
“Wind and hydro will be key value growth drivers for EdP over the next 5 years,” the company said in a statement.
EdP, which recently announced [...]
Posted in Economics, Europe, Hydro Energy on 2008-01-31 | No Comments »
Albania’s government on Wednesday approved deals worth 1 billion euro to modernize a power station and build three new hydroelectric plants to help ease the country’s chronic power-supply problems.
The Energy Ministry said the Greek-based consortium Atermon SA, Roder & Blackwell Consulting will invest 100 million euro in a power station at Fier, 100 kilometers (62 [...]
