Sydney, Darwin, Brisbane and Melbourne are all facing the prospect of dams below 50% capacity after low rainfall and high temperatures across the country.
In Sydney, inflows are at their lowest since 1940....
Microsoft has signed a new five-year agreement to buy hydropower for its campuses in Washington.
The deal has been inked with the Chelan County Public Utility District (PUD) for its Puget Sound campuses...
The UNESCO World Heritage site will now be supplied with clean electricity from Good Energy.
Good Energy is to provide Blenheim Palace with 100% renewable power under the terms of a new deal.
The UNESCO...
During 2015 Nepal earthquake, the hydropower sector experienced severe losses. The country temporarily lost about 20 per cent of its hydropower capacity and more than 30 hydropower projects were damaged. The projects,...
Jammu and Kashmir has exploited only about 16 per cent of the estimated 20,000 MW of hydro-power potential even as the energy demand has been growing gradually creating a wider demand-supply gap,...
The Mucomir small hydropower plant in Scotland is now back on the grid, following the modernization of equipment at the plant, technology group Voith has announced.
Operated by SSE, the upgraded project was...
Hydroelectric power is the most damaging to ecological systems, followed by solar power and wind power, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports, citing a study. The study was conducted by the University...
The government is planning to commission at least four hydro-power projects fully or partially this year, especially in the northeast region, which has over 40 percent of India’s stalled projects, a senior...
The first hydropower project in Vietnam financed by the World Bank, the US$412 million 260-MW Trung Son hydropower project, began commercial operation on Sept. 6.
The facility is located in Trung Son commune,...
The analytical team of Vostock Capital has prepared a report on investment projects for the construction and modernisation of Hydropower Plants in the Balkan region.
A total of 180 experts – the decision-makers...
GE Renewable Energy has won a contract to supply and build the 344 MW Kokhav Hayarden hydro pumped storage station in Israel.
The plant is deemed key to stabilizing the Israeli power grid.
The...
The U.S. Department of Energy has issued a final environmental impact statement for the Northern Pass, calling the proposed transmission line the "preferred alternative" for connecting the northeastern United States to Canadian...
A trio of French energy associations have completed a study outlining seven steps for increasing hydroelectric power within the European country.
The paper is titled "Hydropower at the Crossroads: Giving New Momentum to...
India's Tata Power has announced the completion of a 187 megawatt (MW) hydro project in Georgia. The Shuakhevi Hydro Power Project was developed by Adjaristsqali Georgia LLC, a joint venture between Tata...
The municipality of Nova Varoš has a considerable hydropower potential. Hydro power plants 'Uvac', 'Kokin Brod', 'Potpeć' and reversible hydro power plant 'Bistrica' are located on the territory of the municipality. In...
An enormous 15th-century tomb in south-eastern Turkey has been moved to make way for a hydroelectric dam on the Tigris river.
The 1,100-tonne Zeynel Bey monument was lifted whole on Friday and transported...
