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Power

GE Renewables Leads $650M Upgrade of Huge Dam in South America

Firm heads global consortium that wins 14-year modernization contract for Itaipu

May 10, 2022

Team wins Itaipu 14-year modernization contract for 650-ft-high hydro project on Brazil-Paraguay border, second-largest in the world.

Water

Feds Plan Unprecedented Drought Response for Colorado River Reservoir

Lake Powell has dropped to its lowest level since it was first filled

James Leggate

May 5, 2022

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Bureau of Reclamation will release additional water to Lake Powell and hold back more water in the reservoir.

Water

Drought Imperils Arizona Hydropower Plant Operations

James Leggate

May 2, 2022

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Lake Powell's water level has dropped below the 35-ft buffer targeted by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

Lake Powell level behind Glen Canyon Dam in August 2021

Drought Could Lower Ariz. Hydro Plant Water Level Below Operating Minimum

James Leggate

September 24, 2021

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Projection for 1.3-GW Glen Canyon plant comes as total US hydropower output to fall 14% in 2021 due to western states' rain shortfall, says US Energy Dept.

Renewable Power

Court-Halted $1B Canada-Maine Transmission Line Will Proceed

Scott Van Voorhis

Debra K. Rubin

May 20, 2021

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New ruling clears Quebec-New England hydro power project, despite opposition; developers propose billions in new lines to route more clean energy to New York City.

Dominion Energy Eyes $2B Hydroelelctric Storage Project in Va.

Mary B. Powers

September 13, 2017

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Dominion Energy is set to build a $2-billion pumped hydroelectric storage unit in southwest Virginia to accommodate 240 MW of solar generation it plans to add every year through 2032, the company confirmed.

Electricity

Tanzania Revives 2,100-MW Hydro Power Project

The $3.6-billion project is sited at a World Heritage nature reserve

Shem Oirere

August 18, 2017

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Featuring a 134-tall concrete arch dam, the hydro plant will flood 3% of the Selous Game Reserve.

Eskom Connects First Ingula Pumped-Storage Unit to Grid in South Africa

Shem Oirere

March 29, 2016

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First unit out of four in South Africa's pumped-storage program expected to be commercially operational by 2017

Brazilian Court Halts Belo Monte Dam Construction

C.J. Schexnayder

August 24, 2012

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A federal court in Brazil has ordered a halt to work on the $16-billion Belo Monte Dam under construction in the Amazon Basin.

Brazil's Peruvian Hydroelectric Plans Meet Resistance

C.J. Schexnayder

March 5, 2012

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The development of big-ticket hydroelectric projects in Peru seems to be on a collision course with both Brazilian financial backers and indigenous groups, who object to being displaced and having their land despoiled.