| Also, drought caused Manitoba Hydro multi-million-dollar loss | | | | | | | To deliver the best value for our customers, Miba Industrial Bearings works closely together with turbine manufacturers. A success case was a bearing for a Kaplan S Turbine powered by a head water level. The problem here was the very high thrust load that the combined bearing had to support while maintaining the necessary stiffness of the housing. Click here to read about our solution. | | | | | | | | | | | | Queensland, Australia, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced plans for a clean energy future that includes what she says will be the biggest pumped hydro storage scheme in the world. Part of the AUD$62 billion ($40.1 billion) Queensland Energy and Jobs Plan involves construction of a new dam in the Pioneer Valley near Mackay that will supply half of Queensland’s entire… | | | | | | | | | | Manitoba Hydro’s 2021-22 annual report shows a total consolidated net loss of C$248 million ($181 million) for the fiscal year ended March 31, which it attributed to the significant impacts of drought. For the previous fiscal year, Manitoba Hydro reported consolidated net income of $119 million. Manitoba Hydro also released its first quarter report for the 2022-23 fiscal year, showing… | | | | | | | | | | The government of Switzerland has implemented a new measure that will allow a certain number of hydroelectric power plants to benefit from access to increased quantities of water to produce electricity. Operators of these dams that impound water for hydropower generation will be permitted to temporarily reduce the amount of residual water they have to release from reservoirs into lower-lying… | | | | | | | | | | ANDRITZ has received an order from Greenko MP01 IREP Private Limited for the electromechanical works at the 1,440 MW Gandhi Sagar pumped storage project in Madhya Pradesh, India. The project, located in Kheemla block village in Neemuch district, envisages using the existing Gandhi Sagar reservoir as a lower reservoir and building a new upper reservoir. The contract includes design, manufacture,… | | | | | | | | | | The No. 8 unit of the 16 GW Baihetan hydropower station, the world’s largest hydropower station under construction according to developer China Three Gorges Corporation, officially started commercial operation on Sept. 22. The commissioning, after a 72-hour trial operation, marks the fact that 12 of the 16 turbine-generator units, the world’s largest in terms of capacity for a single unit… | | | | | | | | | | Ecuador’s state power corporation Celec has declared void the international tender to structure the public selection process for the concession of the 2,400 MW Santiago hydro project. BNamericas previously reported that Mancera EY México was the top bidder for the contract, a call for which was issued in December 2021. The tender was canceled because it was considered “inconvenient” for… | | | | | | | | UPCOMING EVENTS  Episode 1 of the Texas Power Podcast is now available wherever you get your podcasts. Give it a listen & download today! |  Join us Thursday, October 13th for the latest HYDRO+ session focusing on how the current drought conditions are affecting hydropower. |  Join us July 11-13, in Charlotte, North Carolina for the largest hydropower and dams industry event worldwide hosting over 2,500 hydroelectric power professionals discovering new solutions and networking with industry peers. | | | | | | | Voith Hydro and Furnas have signed an agreement to modernize the 320 MW Porto Colombia hydropower plant on the Grande River on the border between São Paulo and Minas Gerais states. The plant went into operation in 1973. The project marks Furnas’ first large-scale contract after privatization, Voith Hydro said. According to the Furnas website, low-head hydroelectric plants are rare… | | | | | | | | | | Chile’s portfolio of non-conventional renewable energy (NCRE) projects with an environmental license, including “mini hydropower,” stood at 49.9 GW in August 2022. According to a report from national energy commission CNE, solar PV projects accounted for the biggest chunk at 32.6 GW, wind was second with 13.7 GW licensed, followed by solar thermal (2.72 GW), mini hydropower (755 MW) and… | | | | | | | |
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