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| | | | | | | | | | | | FirstLight Power has finalized an agreement to acquire Hydroméga Services Inc., including ownership interest in five hydropower generating stations in Québec and five in Northeastern Ontario. In addition, FirstLight will add Hydroméga’s clean energy development pipeline that includes over 2 GW of wind, solar, storage and hydroelectric projects, doubling FirstLight’s development pipeline to about 4 GW in the U.S. and… | | | | | | | | | | Kleinschmidt Associates has been selected by Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) to provide engineering and permitting services to support the utility in evaluating options to improve the spillway at South Fork Tolt Dam east of Seattle, Wash. The South Fork Tolt Project is owned and operated jointly by two departments of the City of Seattle, SPU and Seattle City Light (SCL).… | | | | | | | | | | The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine has adopted Resolution No. 313, “On the environmental consequences of the destruction of the Kakhovskaya HPP dam,” which states the absolute necessity of restoring the reservoir and provides proposals for resolving the future fate of the hydroelectric project. Scientists of the Institute of Hydrobiology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine conducted… | | | | | | | | | | The Savannah District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers declared the first drought level at its three reservoirs on the Upper Savannah River on Sept. 10, 2023, in response to the pool elevation at J. Strom Thurmond Lake dipping below 326.0 feet above mean sea level (ft-msl). Entering Drought Trigger Level 1 activates the Corps’ Drought Management Plan, which… | | | | | | | | | | | Modernization can improve the overall efficiency of your hydro plant. Increased generation and reduced downtime can provide improved annual energy production due to higher reliability and lower operator dependence. Optimizing components with updated technology can help you meet changing compliance regulations and offer plant safety improvement. Gilkes offer full site survey and condition assessments. | | | | | | | | | | The California Department of Water Resources has provided an update and details on its Delta Conveyance Project, a proposed tunnel system designed to protect against interruptions in water deliveries due to natural events. The State Water Project provides water to 29 public water agencies that serve 27 million Californians and also uses the water for hydropower generation. The SWP is… | | | | | | | | | | Scottish Water has broken ground on a new type of hydro energy generation scheme that is fed by a siphon, which the company believes is the first of its type in Europe. Construction of this 199 kW project at Whiteadder Reservoir, East Lothian, is part of the company’s work to reduce carbon emissions. The scheme will enable the company to… | | | | | | | | | | On Monday, Sept. 11, Hydro-Quebec will begin lowering the Gatineau River as one of the final steps needed to complete rehabilitation work on the 153 MW Chelsea Generating Station. The utility said the river will be lowered from Sept. 11-28, 2023. Hydro-Québec has been working on the refurbishment of Chelsea generating station throughout the summer. The project, which began in… | | | | | | | | | | About this time last year, I published an article on Hydro Review where I asked: “Who will build the first new pumped storage hydro in the U.S.?” In that article, I didn’t really provide an answer to the question. I did list the three projects I saw as the front runners, based on them having operating licenses from the Federal… | | | | | | | | 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. | | | | | | | | As a pioneer in debris capture solutions for water intake environments, we manufacture trash racks and trash rakes.
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