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Germany Transitioning To Hydrogen Due To Its Energy Crisis

As soon as Russia stopped sending gas to Germany in June, a German company called Kelheim Fibers began looking for other ways to keep its engines running. As a result, starting in the middle of January, the Bavarian company, whose...

Costa Rica to examine structural integrity of dam at Cachí hydro project

Costa Rica’s state power company Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) has launched bidding to analyze the structural integrity of the dam at its Cachí hydro project. According to BNamericas, the dam is 78 m high and 65 m wide at...

LANDBANK to fund development of 15 MW small hydropower plant in Philippines

The Land Bank of the Philippines and Cabanglasan Hydropower Corporation (CHC) have signed a PHP2.6 billion (US$47.2 million) loan agreement to partially finance construction of a 15 MW small hydropower plant in the Province of Bukidnon. Under the LANDBANK Renewable...

Borealis signs power purchase agreement with VERBUND to supply Austrian operations with hydropower

Borealis and VERBUND have signed a ten-year power purchase agreement to supply a yearly 220 GWh of hydropower – reportedly comparable to the amount of energy used to power 50,000 Austrian households – to Borealis operations in Schwechat, Austria,...

China’s 16 GW Baihetan hydropower plant becomes fully operational

China’s 16 GW Baihetan hydropower plant has become fully operational on 20 December 2022, as its final unit was put into operation. The power plant, which becomes China’s second largest hydro plant (after the 22.5 GW Three Gorges Dam), is located between...

Utility Selects US-Based Hydropower Innovator Natel Energy to Expand Hydro’s Reach in Austria

In partnership with leading Austrian utility company, Energie Steiermark, Natel Energy has just commissioned its first European hydropower project. Located on a tributary to the River Mur in Graz, Austria, the Sauerbrunn Hydro Project provides a modern, fish-safe source...

ANDRITZ wins equipment supply contract for 1,470 MW Luang Prabang hydropower

ANDRITZ has received an order from CH. Karnchang (Lao) Company Ltd. to supply electromechanical equipment for the 1,470 MW Luang Prabang run-of-river hydropower plant in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Luang Prabang, on the Mekong River in Luang Prabang Province,...

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