Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:26:00 +0000
As the oldest renewable energy resource, hydropower is well-established as a reliable source of dispatchable energy. Yet, it is often overlooked and taken for granted. It’s commonly believed that hydro’s
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 16:59:52 +0000
Mitsubishi Power will supply its gas turbine technology to a new power plant in Brazil, a 1.6-GW facility considered among the largest electricity generation projects in Latin America. The company […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 13:03:54 +0000
A pumped storage project in Kentucky is being touted as a model example of how land that once was the site of a coal mine can be repurposed for a […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 08 May 2024 19:14:17 +0000
A UK- based global research group said continued growth in wind and solar power increased power generation from renewable energy to nearly a third of worldwide electricity output last year. […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 01 May 2024 10:09:45 +0000
The first unit of one of the world’s highest-elevation hydropower plants began operating in China in April. China Energy said the Maerdang hydropower station (Figure 5), sited at more than 16,000 feet above
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:21:40 +0000
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) will partner with GE Vernova to complete a 15-year project to refurbish the iconic 1.7-GW Sir Adam Beck I and II hydroelectric complex near Niagara Falls. […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:08:01 +0000
Renewable energy in Brazil will get a boost after the chief executive of Petrobras, the country’s state-run oil giant, said the company will begin buying solar power and onshore wind […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:14:05 +0000
The U.S. conventional hydropower fleet includes 2,252 hydropower plants with a total generating capacity of 80.58 GW, which produced 6.2% of the country’s electricity in 2022 and nearly 30% of all […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000
Kenya Set to Expand Hydropower Project. Kenya Electricity Generating Co. (KenGen) said it received approval from government officials to move forward with the Gogo hydropower redevelopment project. The Gogo
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 21:27:42 +0000
A Cambodian energy official said the country no longer plans to build a coal-fired power plant along the nation’s southwest coast, and will instead move forward with a natural gas-fired […]
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