Hydroelectric

Hydro and Lyse plan to merge part of their respective hydropower production to create a stronger joint hydropower company. The agreement secures long-term access to renewable power for Hydro’s industrial operations in Norway. Lyse and Hydro will merge their power...

Oslo-headquartered Statkraft has selected ABB to ensure the efficiency and reliability of its hydropower operations in northern Norway. ABB will modernize automation, control and power solutions at Statkraft’s Straumsmoand Innset hydropower plants. Both projects will leverage ABB’s distributed control platform ABB...

Technology group Voith and the Spanish electrical energy era firm Iberdrola have signed a contract to modernize 5 pump generators for the Spanish hydroelectric energy vegetation Torrejón and Valdecañas positioned on the Tajo river. For the Torrejón hydropower plant, Voith...

The first large tunnel-boring machines for Snowy 2.0, the largest renewable energy project in Australia, have arrived at Port Kembla. The TBM is one of three that Snowy Hydro Limited has ordered to build the project. Snowy 2.0 is...

GE Renewable Energy has signed an agreement with Walcha Energy to develop a 500MW pumped hydro storage project in Australia. The Dungowan project would power almost 125,000 households from the New England Renewable Energy Zone, in New South Wales (NSW),...

Engineering consultancy, Multiconsult, has been awarded consultancy contracts for the 222MW Rumakali and 358MW Ruhudji Hydropower and transmission lines projects in Tanzania by Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO). Feasibility studies, preparation of the tender documents and conceptual design, as...

State-owned construction company China Gezhouba Group (CGG) has signed a $1.62bn (CNY 11.52bn) deal to construct a 1.2GW hydroelectric power plant in Indonesia. CGG will run the design, construction material, procurement and commissioning for the Borneo plant. Work will begin...