Hydropower Horizons: Pioneering a Pelton Turbine Breakthrough

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2023 04:23:18 +0000

Voith Hydro in 2022 replaced four vertical Pelton turbines at Verbund’s 75-year-old 326-GWh Gerlos 1 pumped storage facility in Austria with a first-of-its-kind horizontal six-nozzle Pelton turbine

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El Salvador Sets Sights on Joining the ‘Nuclear Power Club’

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:37:40 +0000

El Salvador is taking steps to add nuclear power to the country’s energy mix, as the nation of about 6.5 million people looks to diversify its electric power generation fleet. In support of that effort, the government of El Salvador and the Thorium Energy Alliance, a Harvard, Illinois–based non-profit advocacy group that endorses thorium-fueled reactors, […]

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Wind Power Developers Encouraged by Findings on Bald Eagle Population

Credit to Author: Jared Wigginton| Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 15:06:32 +0000

In the race to generate and distribute renewable energy, developers must clear numerous regulatory hurdles. For many projects, this may include obtaining a voluntary “incidental take” permit under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (BGEPA). The BGEPA incidental take permitting program has frustrated both developers and operators due to, among other things, uncertainty of […]

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DILG backs moratorium on high-rise buildings in Baguio

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 07:44:11 +0000

DILG backs moratorium on high-rise buildings in Baguio

MANILA, Philippines — “Let us save Baguio City while we still can.” This was the call of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo M. Año on Monday as he backed the proposal seeking to set at least a one-year moratorium on the construction of high-rise buildings in Baguio City.  READ: […]

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Isko joins Duterte in Japan, hopes to reel in investors

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 21:22:12 +0000

Isko joins Duterte in Japan, hopes to reel in investors

Mayor-elect Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso sees his visit to this capital city as a chance to convince more Japanese investors

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