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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a syndicated loan of about €123.2m ($164m) to Croatia’s electricity utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda, to...
Romanian firm Hidroelectrica is planning to invest approximately RON1.25bn ($383.69m) in 2012 to build new hydropower plants and upgrade existing ones. The company aims to hold a majority stake in a project to construct the Tarnita-Lapustesti...
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EBRD finances 70MW hydropower plant in FYR Macedonia
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a EUR65m loan for the construction of the Boskov Most hydropower plant in FYR Macedonia. The hydropower facility, which will have a generation capacity of 70MW,...
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New small hydropower project commences operations in Washington State
The following is a statement from Linda Church Ciocci, Executive Director of the National Hydropower Association, on the opening of Snohomish County Public Utility District’s Youngs Creek Small Hydropower Project in Sultan, Wash.: “NHA congratulates our member company...
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Brazil refurbishes two hydroelectric power plants with IDB funding
Project will add 30 years to service life of existing equipment, saving hundreds of millions of dollars and producing clean electricity with no social or environmental impact. In one of the largest energy-efficiency investments ever undertaken...
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Industry association seeks to recognize excellence in hydropower operation
America's waterways provide many benefits to the communities they serve. Fresh drinking water, farm-sustaining irrigation, hours of recreational enjoyment, even generation of clean, renewable energy from hydropower. "Every day we strive to tell policymakers and the...
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Alstom wins EUR50m contract to modernize Canadian hydropower facility
French engineering group Alstom has secured a contract worth about EUR50m from Canadian utility Hydro-Quebec to modernise a hydroelectric generating facility in Canada. Located on the La Grande River in northern Quebec, the Robert-Bourassa hydroelectric station...
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Vattenfall enters agreement for renewal of French hydroelectric concessions
Swedish utility Vattenfall has entered into a consortium agreement with three partners in France for the coming hydro concessions. The four partners, ArcelorMittal, Rhodia, SNCF and Vattenfall join forces under the name Force Hydro to bid...
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