Hydroelectric

ACCIONA will construct and operate a waste-to-energy plant in Aberdeen (Scotland) called the Ness Energy Project, with a capacity to treat 150,000 tonnes of waste per year. ACCIONA will be responsible for the design and turnkey construction, commissioning and the...

ABB is delivering innovative excitation solutions that ensure early compliance with new European regulations and will bring broader benefits, minimizing risk in connecting grid networks and supporting reliable and stable operations. ABB’s UNITROL 1000 series is the world’s first excitation...

Southern Company recently joined with industry researchers to launch the Energy Storage Research Center, a unique research and development (R&D) facility focused on the development and deployment of next-generation energy storage technologies. Located on the engineering campus of Southern Research...

Emrgy Inc., the tech innovator whose modular turbines harness the power of water as a clean, distributed energy resource, signed an agreement with GE Renewable Energy about Emrgy’s Micro Hydrokinetic technology. Through this partnership, Emrgy’s hydropower turbines will be...

China Southern Power Grid (CSG), China’s second largest electricity grid company and which serves more than 250 million people, has selected ABB Ability Ellipse Asset Performance Management (APM) solution to enhance operational efficiency and increase equipment longevity of its...

Jupiter Hydro Inc has earned two marine renewable energy permits that allow it to deploy several tidal power generators in the Bay of Fundy, Canada. The first permit enables the installation and testing of a 1-MW prototype not hooked to...

Government-owned electricity generator Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has agreed to acquire US-based hydropower company Cube Hydro for an enterprise value of $1.2bn. The transaction will be carried out through OPG’s US hydroelectric platform. It is being acquired from I Squared...