Tag: hydropower

UK’s Renewable Energy Progress Review: EMBER

UK’s Renewable Energy Progress Review: EMBER

December 13, 2024 | , , , ,

Low-carbon renewable sources – wind, solar and hydropower – reached a record high, generating 37% of UK electricity (103 TWh) in 2024, overtaking fossil fuels (97 TWh, 35%) for the first time. Gas power use is set to decrease by 13% (-13 TWh) in 2024 compared to the previous year, displaced by electricity imports and clean power. Wind power is close to overtaking gas. It’s too close to call with only a 1% difference forecast, but depending on December’s conditions, wind could overtake gas as the UK’s largest source of electricity in 2024. UK wind power is currently forecast to generate 29% of UK electricity in 2024, totalling 82 TWh, which is 3 TWh less than fossil gas.

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Tata Power and DGPC to develop 5,000 MW renewables in Bhutan

Tata Power and DGPC to develop 5,000 MW renewables in Bhutan

November 21, 2024 | , , ,

Tata Power and Bhutan’s Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC), a subsidiary of Druk Holding and Investments Limited, have signed an MoU to develop 5,000 MW of renewable energy, including 4,500 MW of hydropower and 500 MW of solar projects. Key projects include the Dorjilung HEP, Gongri Reservoir, Jeri Pumped Storage, Chamkharchhu IV, and solar initiatives by Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited.

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Improved Electricity Trade In Latin America To Support Regional Energy Security

Improved Electricity Trade In Latin America To Support Regional Energy Security

November 18, 2024 | ,

Over the next decade, we expect Latin America’s power mix to remain dominated by hydropower despite  non-hydropower renewables’ rapid growth in the region. Amid the volatility of hydropower and frequent power grid issues in the region, we expect an increase in net electricity imports across importing markets in Latin America. We expect regional electricity trade regulations and investments to improve in Latin America, supporting power supply stability.

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Harnessing Renewables in Sub-Saharan Africa: Paper

Harnessing Renewables in Sub-Saharan Africa: Paper

October 11, 2024 | , , , ,

To achieve universal electricity access and rapid economic development, Sub-Saharan Africa needs to significantly accelerate its electricity generation. Despite rising real per capita incomes over the past two decades, electricity production per capita has been declining. In addition, while hydropower is prominent in some countries, solar and wind power generation has lagged other world regions, even though sub-Saharan Africa has some of the most favorable conditions, particularly in terms of solar potential.

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Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2023: IRENA

Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2023: IRENA

September 27, 2024 | , , ,

Renewable power capacity additions set a record in 2023 with 473 GW of new installed capacity – a 54% increase compared to 2022 additions, and the largest annual growth since 2000. Total global renewables capacity in 2023 increased by 14% rate, from 3391 GW in 2022 to 3865 GW in 2023. In 2023, the global weighted average costs of electricity from newly-commissioned utility scale solar photovoltaic (PV), onshore wind, offshore wind, concentrated solar power (CSP) and hydropower fell.

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Hydropower Supply Chain in US: Report

Hydropower Supply Chain in US: Report

August 9, 2024 | , , ,

This report “Hydropower Supply Chain Gap Analysis” by NREL summarizes WPTO’s efforts in the listed focus areas and complements the earlier work by further exploring the identified challenges and conducting a detailed gap analysis of the domestic hydropower supply chain. Specific, actionable recommendations are made to address gaps. The report summarizes recent legislation impacting hydropower deployment and/or its supply chain.

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Tata Power and DGPC to develop 600 MW Khorlochhu hydropower project in Bhutan

Tata Power and DGPC to develop 600 MW Khorlochhu hydropower project in Bhutan

August 7, 2024 | , ,

Tata Power has formed a strategic partnership with Bhutan’s Druk Green Power Corporation Ltd (DGPC) to develop the 600 MW Khorlochhu Hydropower Project. The project is located on the Kholongchhu River in Eastern Bhutan’s Trashiyangtse Dzongkhag. The project’s clean power would assist Bhutan fulfil its growing electricity demand. Furthermore, Tata Power will invest 40 per cent of its shares in Khorlochhu Hydro Power Limited, a Public Private Partnership Company.

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EIB to advise NEK on two pumped-storage hydro plants in Bulgaria

EIB to advise NEK on two pumped-storage hydro plants in Bulgaria

June 12, 2024 | , ,

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide advisory assistance to Natsionalna Elektricheska Kompania EAD (NEK), Bulgaria’s national electricity company, for the construction of two large pumped-storage hydropower plants. The two new renewable energy projects will be situated at hydropower cascade dams and reservoirs near the towns of Batak and Dospat. Each power plant will have a generation capacity of 800 MW.

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Outlook for Hydropower and Pumped Storage Hydropower in the United States

Outlook for Hydropower and Pumped Storage Hydropower in the United States

October 22, 2023 |

At the end of 2022, the U.S. hydropower development pipeline included projects to construct 117 new facilities with a combined capacity of 1.2 GW (versus plans for 217 new facilities with a total proposed capacity of 1.49 GW at the end of 2019); only 8 of them are under construction. Ninety-six PSH projects were on the development pipeline at the end of 2022 (versus 67 at the end of 2019) with a combined storage power capacity of 91 GW.

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GE Vernova to refurbish Xiangjiaba hydropower plant

GE Vernova to refurbish Xiangjiaba hydropower plant

August 24, 2023 | , ,

Yangtze Power has awarded GE Vernova a contract for improving the 6.4 GW Xiangjiaba hydropower plant in China. Three sets of main shaft air supply pipes will be designed, manufactured, delivered, installed, and commissioned by GE Vernova. It’s anticipated that the improvements will be finished in the first half of 2024. The project is anticipated to boost the sealing effect, retaining the hydropower plant’s performance.

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GE Vernova gains contract to service 840 MW hydropower plant in Norway

GE Vernova gains contract to service 840 MW hydropower plant in Norway

July 3, 2023 |

Hafslund Eco has awarded GE Vernova’s hydropower business a contract to service the 840 MW Aurland 1 hydropower facility in Norway. The hydro unit of GE Vernova will be responsible for delivering new rotor poles for the plant’s three 280 MW/30-megavolt ampere water-cooled generators. GE Vernova intends to complete the project between the summers of 2025 and 2027. It will assemble the rotor poles at its Norwegian services factory in Lier.

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GE gets pumped storage contract in Spain

GE gets pumped storage contract in Spain

May 5, 2023 |

GE has secured a contract from Red Eléctrica to supply six pumped storage turbines for the 200 MW Chira Soria pumped storage power plant in Gran Canaria, Spain. The contract was secured in a consortium with Cobra Infrastructuras Hidráulicas. Red Eléctrica is the sole transmission agent as well as the operator of Spain’s national electricity system. GE will commission, design, supply and transport the turbines and deliver generators, main transformers and electrical balance-of-plant equipment.

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Vattenfall plans to construct 720 MW hydropower plants in Sweden

Vattenfall plans to construct 720 MW hydropower plants in Sweden

April 20, 2023 |

Vattenfall, a Swedish energy company, intends to develop four hydropower projects in Sweden with a combined capacity of 720 MW. Reportedly, the first hydro facility will be situated at the Harsprnget power plant on the Luleälv river. This facility will have a maximum 110 MW capacity. The second, which will be located at the Porjus power station on the same river in Norrbotten, will have an 80 MW capacity.

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Indonesian government starts constructing $2.6 billion hydropower plant

Indonesian government starts constructing $2.6 billion hydropower plant

March 3, 2023 |

The Indonesian government has begun construction works for the Mentarang Induk hydropower plant. The Indonesian President officially launched the project, which will require a $2.6 billion investment. The power plant will be built by PT Kayan Hydropower Nusantara, a partnership between PT Adaro Energy Indonesia, PT Kayan Patria Pratama Group, and Sarawak Energy, and will have a capacity of more than 1.3 GW.

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Promoting cross-border hydropower development in South Asia

Promoting cross-border hydropower development in South Asia

February 17, 2023 |

India and its neighbours, Bhutan and Nepal, are actively engaged in harnessing and utilising the hydropower resources of the region to meet the rising electricity demand. The profile of power demand in these countries complements the domestic seasonal variation in power generation; besides, the proximity of hy­droelectric plants (HEPs) to major dema­nd centres offers several benefits. A look at the cross-border hydro development initiatives that India is implementing with Bhutan and Nepal.

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Renewables growth to bolster need for pumped hydropower storage, developments mainly in Asia

Renewables growth to bolster need for pumped hydropower storage, developments mainly in Asia

December 1, 2022 |

Pumped hydropower storage utilises pumps to drive water to a reservoir at a higher altitude for large-scale long-duration energy storage, and turbines to generate electricity when the stored water is released. Typically, when on-grid electricity demand and prices are low, operators draw electricity from the grid to power pumping systems. Conversely, when demand is high, operators release water to generate electricity either to sell back to the grid or to power their own needs.

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Hydro-Québec agrees to acquire Great River Hydro for $2 billion

Hydro-Québec agrees to acquire Great River Hydro for $2 billion

October 14, 2022 |

HQI US Holding, a subsidiary of Canadian energy utility Hydro-Québec, has agreed to acquire Great River Hydro for around $2 billion. With a total installed capacity of 589 MW, Great River Hydro has 13 hydropower generating facilities. These are located along New England’s Connecticut and Deerfield rivers in Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

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