Mercury NZ Limited has awarded ANDRITZ a contract to upgrade three hydropower plants in New Zealand – the Maraetai I, Ātiamuri, and Ōhakuri stations. The project includes the supply of nine new ...

Masdar and Elektroprivreda Crne Gore (EPCG) have agreed to establish a 50/50 joint venture to develop renewable energy projects in Montenegro, with hydropower and pumped storage expected to play a ...

The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved the “Build More Hydro” bill (S.1020), marking a significant legislative step aimed at reviving dozens of stalled hydropower projects across ...

Aerial View of Jatigede Dam, The Second Largest Dam in Indonesia. Image: Akhmad Dody Firmansyah/Shutterstock.com For hydropower professionals assessing global opportunity landscapes, emerging ...

Druk Green Power Corporation Limited has announced a major step forward in the development of the Dorjilung hydropower project, with its subsidiary Dorjilung Hydro Power Limited signing two ...

John Day Dam in Oregon, US. Image: Bonneville Power/ Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0 Consumer-owned utilities in the US state of Oregon have asked Governor Tina Kotek to reconsider her position on recent ...

Drone image (2024) of the breached Eigiau dam and downstream erosion channel. Just over one hundred years ago, on 2 November 1925, a catastrophic dam-break flood carrying enormous boulders swept ...

National Grid has energised the second of three new high-voltage electricity circuits linking Dinorwig pumped storage power station to the transmission network in North Wales, marking a further step ...

Japan’s J-POWER and Hazama Ando Corporation have joined the 770MW Pak Lay hydropower project in Laos, securing stakes through their joint venture JH International (JHI). The move marks both companies’ ...

Floating barrier systems are effective civil engineering solutions for enhancing safety near critical infrastructure. Image courtesy of ECONAD Hydropower facilities, dams and reservoirs increasingly ...