The World Bank Group has approved US$265m in financing for the 300MW Ifahsa pumped storage hydropower project in northern Morocco. Approved by the World Bank Board of Directors on 1 July, the project ...

Aerial view of the construction of the upper reservoir of the Lianghekou pumped storage power station. Image courtesy of State Development & Investment Corporation. Pumped storage hydropower passed a ...

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved the second phase of financing for the Rogun hydropower project in Tajikistan, marking a further step in the development of what is expected to ...

Hydropower remains a cornerstone of Europe's renewable energy mix, yet vast untapped potential remains across the continent. New research suggests the biggest obstacle is not technology or resources, ...

India’s NHPC has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the Government of Arunachal Pradesh to develop the 3097MW Etalin Hydropower Project in the state’s Dibang Basin. Under the agreement, NHPC ...

Learning from their experiences across the UK and Spain, representatives from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and the Spanish Council of Civil Engineers recently discussed how resilience can ...

Construction has started on a sixth generating unit at BC Hydro’s Revelstoke Generating Station in British Columbia, the first and largest project in a programme of upgrades intended to add more than ...

Image courtesy of the Ministry of Finance & Development Planning, Republic of Liberia The Government of Liberia and the World Bank have signed financing agreements worth US$125m, including US$57m in ...

JSW Energy has commissioned the 150MW Tidong hydropower project in the Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh, India, taking the company’s total installed generation capacity to around 13,900MW. The ...

Two hydroelectric power plants majority-owned by EDP have been ranked as the best-performing hydropower facilities in Brazil by the country’s electricity regulator, ANEEL (Agência Nacional de Energia ...

A pump turbine from the first project phase during manufacturing. Image courtesy of Voith Voith has been awarded a contract to modernise the remaining two pump turbines at the Torrejón pumped storage ...

The Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE), a 339-mile transmission line linking Canadian hydropower resources with New York City, has entered operation and is now delivering electricity to the city ...