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| | | | | | | | | | | | Construction of the 160 MW Alto Tâmega Hydroelectric Power Plant continues to progress at a good pace, Iberdrola said, with the river diversion tunnel closed last month. The civil works are practically finished and the electromechanical assemblies will be completed by the end of 2023, when commissioning will begin, the company said. Alto Tâmega is the last of the three… | | | | | | | | | | U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced Aug. 8 that a federal grand jury in Boise returned an indictment charging Randy Scott Vail, 58, of Meridian, Idaho, with two counts of destruction of an energy facility, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1366(a). The indictment alleges that on June 8, 2023, and continuing into June 9, 2023, Vail used a rifle to… | | | | | | | | | | Manitoba Hydro released its first Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which shows electrical demand in the province could more than double in the next 20 years — and new sources of electricity could be needed within the next decade. “The 2023 IRP makes it clear that the move towards low- or no-carbon energy sources will accelerate the need for clean electricity,”… | | | | | | | | | | Consumers Energy announced it will be issuing a request for proposals (RFP) to explore the possibility of selling its 13 hydroelectric facilities as the company continues to evaluate the future of the dams and considers all options to safely maintain the reservoirs. Last year, Consumers Energy held public meetings with community members and local leaders about the dams’ future. Based… | | | | | | | | | | | Now is the time to modernize your dam monitoring and maintenance practices applying digital twins to enable timely and risk-informed decision-making, consequence analysis, and remote early warning systems for dam and levee protection. Visualize current and developing conditions, consolidate and analyze siloed data, and enable decision intelligence, in a fraction of the time it used to take. Monitor and manage dams at a portfolio level using an open and integrated digital twin approach. | | | | | | | | | | By Scott DeNeale and Eve Tysbina As pumped storage hydropower (PSH) is becoming increasingly in demand to supplement new wind and solar power development, various siting and design options are being considered. Among these is the potential to develop PSH on current or former mine land. An effort funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Clean Energy… | | | | | | | | | | Tata Power and the Government of Maharashtra, India, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop two large pumped hydro storage projects (PSP) with a combined capacity of 2,800 MW. These projects, with an estimated investment of about INR1.3 billion (US$1.6 billion), will be a 1,800 MW PSP at Shirawta in the Pune District and a 1,000 MW PSP… | | | | | | | | | | ENGIE Brasil Energia has awarded ANDRITZ a contract for modernization of the 424 MW Jaguara hydropower plant. Located on the Grande River in Rifaina, Sao Paulo State, the hydropower plant is an important asset of ENGIE´s hydro generation fleet and has been in uninterrupted operation since 1971. The project aims at the extension of asset lifetime and its performance improvement.… | | | | | | | | UPCOMING EVENTS  Get connected with hydropower and dam industry professionals across all disciplines and career stages with employers offering career opportunities. |  HYDROVISION will be happening July 16-18, 2024 in Denver, Colorado. Sign up for our newsletters to stay up to date for the 2024 event. |  HYDROVISION’s Call for Content for the 2024 event is now open! Submit your content by Sept, 22, 2023. | | | | | | | The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has begun the conferral process to help the authority shape its next steps and plans regarding renewable energy generation and the state’s clean energy targets. NYPA is the largest state public power organization in the U.S., operating 16 generating facilities and more than 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines. More than 80% of the electricity… | | | | | | | | | | | As a pioneer in debris capture solutions for water intake environments, we manufacture trash racks and trash rakes.
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