| Also, BC Hydro releases inaugural ESG report | | | | | | | Winner of ENR Best-of-the-Best award, the Haiwee Penstock Project delivered long term reliability to Los Angeles Department of Water & Power. With over 9,000 lineal feet of critical penstock addressed, the V-WrapTM Carbon Fiber System was selected for renewal at locations that were challenging and required a trenchless fully structural upgrade with a 50-year design life. This project is a powerful example of how innovative products can improve the management of your penstock and pipeline assets. | | | | | | | | | | | | The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched an online platform to demonstrate the use of space observations to review and site renewables among other “green transition” activities. The Green Transition Information Factory, a key output from ESA’s Space for Green Future Accelerator, is aimed to enable exploration of the opportunities and challenges of the transition to net zero, drawing on… | | | | | | | | | | Canadian provincial utility BC Hydro has released its inaugural Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, which shares the company’s sustainability practices. The Powering a sustainable B.C. report outlines the steps BC Hydro is taking to continue its history of contributing to the growth, well-being, and economic prosperity of the province, in five key areas: These key areas connect to the… | | | | | | | | | | By Pamela Largue Engineering consultancy COWI has been awarded a contract by renewable energy company Drax to advise on the expansion of the Cruachan pumped hydro plant in Scotland. In collaboration with the engineers Studio Pietrangeli, COWI will provide consultancy services to support works in advance of the front-end engineering design (FEED) of the project. The team will provide technical… | | | | | | | | | | Peace River Hydro Partners pleaded guilty in the Provincial Court of British Columbia to one charge of depositing a deleterious substance into water frequented by fish, in contravention of the federal Fisheries Act, and was fined $1.1 million. The money will be directed to the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund to support projects that have a positive impact on… | | | | | | | | | | | If we never adapted to new technology, we’d still be using an abacus to calculate math! Upgrade your turbine sealing face from Carbon to Thordon’s SXL Elastomeric Polymer and: - Reduce Seal Leakage
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| | | | | | | | | | The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) and Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) and the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) intend to jointly fund research to support durable and environmentally responsible offshore wind energy and marine energy deployments. The goals of this… | | | | | | | | | | The Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning two virtual public information sessions to discuss the role of hydropower at its Willamette Valley dams and how the Corps is answering Congress’ call to look at the future of that hydropower. The Portland District operates 13 dams across the Willamette River basin. Each dam contributes to a water resource… | | | | | | | | | | Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has won the contract from NHPC for electromechanical works for the 2,880 MW Dibang Multipurpose Project in Arunachal Pradesh, India. The dam, on the Dibang River in Lower Dibang Valley District, is 278 m high and will be the highest dam in India once completed. The powerhouse will contain 12 240 MW turbine-generator units. Dibang… | | | | | | | | | | The board of directors of Serengeti Energy Limited announced the appointment of Anton-Louis Olivier as chief executive officer, effective Oct. 9, 2023. Olivier a long track record of working across the African continent and a wealth of experience in all aspects of independent power producer (IPP) development and financing and on hydropower specifically, ranging from procurement to construction and operations,… | | | | | | | | UPCOMING EVENTS  Registration for POWERGEN International® is LIVE! Join the industry for unparalleled networking and education at the largest business hub for power generation professionals from January 23-25, 2024, in New Orleans, Louisiana. |  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. | | | | |
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