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Congressman Floats $33B Plan to Demolish Four Dams

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Pam Hunter McFarland
March 10, 2021
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A concept floated by Republican Mike Simpson, a U.S. congressman from Idaho, holds the potential to loosen the intractable logjam that has persisted for years among lawmakers, community members and federal officials to find a way to save the dwindling salmon population in the Columbia River Basin before it is too late.


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Niagara Power Upgrade Is Biggest in NYPA's History

August 7, 2019
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The New York Power Authority is spending $1.1 billion to extend the life of the Niagara Power Project, including the 2,525-MW Robert Moses station.


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Maine OKs 145-Mile Canada Hydropower Transmission Line

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Mary B. Powers
April 17, 2019
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State Public Utilities Commission gives $1B project key nod after 18 months of review


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European-Controlled Teams Land Two Big Australian Tunnel Projects

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Peter Reina
April 5, 2019
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Projects to build a hydropower water tunnel in New South Wales and a rail tunnel in Queensland total $7.4 billion


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Tanzania Picks Arab Contractors for Stiegler Power Project

Hydro plant reservoir would inundate section of Selous Game Reserve
Shem Oirere
November 8, 2018
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The contractor will construct a 134-m-high RCC dam and four saddle dams, with a combined capacity to impound approximately 34 billion cubic meters of water.
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Hydropower Turbine Helps South Seattle Water District Capture Energy

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Tim Newcomb
November 5, 2018

A newly installed $376,000 hydropower turbine in a south Seattle water main aims to generate roughly 70 percent of the annual energy consumed by the district's administrative facilities.


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The 10 Largest Pumped-Storage Hydropower Plants in the World

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Scott Lewis
April 11, 2018
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Pumped-storage hydroelectricity, a mature technology first developed in the 1890s, is playing an increasingly important role in the current era as wind and solar power advance. ENR takes a look at some of the largest pumped-storage facilities in the world.


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Report Outlines NY Power Options in Close of Indian Point Nuke Plant

March 1, 2017
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New York state could replace electricity from the Indian Point nuclear power plant through improved efficiency and imported hydropower, says a Feb. 23 study by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Riverkeeper.
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Salini Impregilo Resumes Work on Tall Dam in Tajikistan

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Peter Reina
November 22, 2016
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Work on the much-delayed 3,600-MW Soviet-era Rogun hydro dam in Tajikistan is resuming under a $3.5-billion deal with Milan-based Italian contractor Salini Impregilo S.p.A.
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Critics Counter Oxford Research on Viability of Large Dams

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Luke Abaffy
September 20, 2016
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Critics from industry and academia are raising questions about a study from the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School about the true cost of large hydropower dams.


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