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International Water Summit launched in Abu Dhabi
The launch of the International Water Summit was announced collaboratively in january by the Abu Dhabi government, Masdar and the International Water Association, providing a global platform to discuss and find solutions to the global challenges of water scarcity and security. The inaugural summit will take place alongside the World Future Energy Summit 2013 in Abu Dhabi. “The launch of the International Water Summit in Abu Dhabi is a bold and... [more]
Use and capacity of Global Hydropower increases
Industrialized and developing countries continue to rely on their critical water resources as a renewable electricity source. Global use of hydropower increased more than 5 percent between 2009 and 2010, according to recent research published by the Worldwatch Institute for its Vital Signs Online publication. Hydropower use reached a record 3,427 terawatt-hours, or about 16.1 percent of global electricity consumption, by the end of 2010, conti... [more]
Climate Change Minister encourages skills for the Green Deal and launches The Green Deal Skills Alliance
Climate Change Minister Greg Barker recently launched a partnership to ensure the UK has the right skills to implement the Green Deal, the government’s flagship policy to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. The Green Deal aims to enable private firms to offer consumers energy improvements to their homes, communities and businesses at no upfront cost and to recoup payments as a charge in instalments on the energy bill. The Green Deal... [more]
Carbon free energy system presented at Energy Roadmap 2050
In March 2011, the European Commission published the overall decarbonisation roadmap covering the whole economy. All sectors, power generation, transport, residential, industry and agriculture, were analysed. The Commission has also been preparing sectoral roadmaps, among which the Energy Roadmap 2050 is the last one, focusing on the whole energy sector. In order to cut emissions by over 80% by 2050, Europe's energy production will have to be... [more]
Greenpeace and Facebook collaborate to promote renewable energy
Greenpeace and Facebook will collaborate on the promotion of renewable energy, encourage major utilities to develop renewable energy generation, and develop programmes that will enable Facebook users to save energy and engage their communities in clean energy decisions (1). The news comes two years after Greenpeace launched its global Unfriend Coal Campaign (2, 3), enlisting 700,000 online activists (4) to call on Facebook to power its datacen... [more]
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BPA proposes compromise in wind power halt
The federal agency that regulates much of the electrical transmission in the Northwest proposed a compromise Tuesday in a dispute with wind producers who were forced to shut down last spring, when heavy runoff produced too much hydroelectric power.
Hydroelectric Power In China: Environmental Policies To Benefit Industry
During the next five years, China will initiate a 160 million kW project for the Hydroelectric Power industry to increase the ability of using alternative energy and to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions
Alstom Grid Wins 500 kV Substation Project Using Gas-Insulated Technology To Reinforce Tajikistan's Electricity Network
Alstom Grid has been awarded a contract worth more than ?30 million with the Tajikistan National Utility Barki Tajik, to design and deliver a 500 kV Switchyard Reconstruction Project to the Nurek Hydroelectric Power Plant (Nurek HPP) - the first ever project to use 500 kV Gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) technology in Central Asia
New Hydroelectric Power Plant May Interfere with Popular Montrose Fishing Spot
Montrose - A new hydroelectric power plant for Montrose may offset more than 20 metric tons of carbon emissions a year, but not all residents are happy to hear about this project. People, like Montrose resident Richard Howden, have been using the South Canal to fish for generations.
American Transmission Co., Minnesota Power Enter into Partnership Agreement
PEWAUKEE, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American Transmission Co. and Minnesota Power, a utility division of ALLETE (NYSE: ALE), have entered into a partnership agreement to study transmission development options to move Midwestern wind energy as well as Canadian hydroelectric power into Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan to help local utilities enhance reliability and meet renewable energy goals ...
Our View: Color hydroelectric power green
There is a law of unintended consequences.When Gov. Brown signed a bill by state Sen. Joe Simitan
Fitch Rates Northern California Power Agency (Hydroelectric Proj No. 1) 2012A&B; Withdraws 2011A&B
Fitch Ratings has withdrawn the 'A' rating on Northern California Power Agency revenue refunding bonds series 2011A and series 2011B as these bonds were not sold in 2011 (see 'Fitch Rates Northern Calif Power Agency 'A'; Affirms Outstanding Geo and Hydroelectric Project Bonds' dated Nov.
Wind power sector eager to deliver on B.C. power promise
As Christy Clark’s Liberals tie British Columbia’s economic future to an unprecedented natural gas boom, proponents of the province’s renewable energy resources hope for an opportunity to join in. B.C., predisposed to both massive and small-scale hydroelectric power development, has been one of the world’s laggards in terms of wind energy.
The power of water
By December 2013, a new 10.26-megawatt hydroelectric power plant will be constructed on the Illinois River in Marseilles. "We are looking forward to something positive happening in the community soon," Marseilles Mayor Patricia Smith said about the project. "We are looking forward to progress."
Co-ops seek 20-year freeze on rates if gov’t sells hydropower plants
The Association of Mindanao Rural Electric Cooperatives (Amreco) is asking the government to ensure that whoever buys two hydroelectric power plants that it reportedly plans to sell will not raise power rates for 20 years following the sale.
