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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 ...

A prominent figure in hydropower, Dr. Denis Aelbrecht serves as Head of Technology at EDF Hydro Engineering Center and President of CFBR. With expertise in design, maintenance, and risk management, he ...

SSE has submitted a planning application to convert the Sloy Power Station into a new pumped storage scheme According to the British Hydropower Association (BHA), although the UK hasn’t witnessed new ...

(Credit: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District/ Flickr) Similar to other major infrastructure projects, the design life-span of the dam body is given as a time-span varying between the ...

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 ...

Guri Dam (Central Hidroelectrica Simon Bolivar), in southern Venezuela. Despite what it calls only ‘a modest’ total capacity addition of 306MW in 2024, the International Hydropower Association (IHA) ...

Approved by the Icelandic Parliament in 2002, construction of the Kárahnjúkar hydroelectric project started in 2003 with completion in 2008. The 690MW project, which has an annual generating capacity ...

TERMINUS dam is the first line of flood protection defence for the town of Visalia and other highly vulnerable natural lands in California, US. The dam and reservoir, a US Army Corps of Engineers ...

Deployment of Mocean Energy’s Blue X wave energy converter. With over £3million secured from Wave Energy Scotland, the prototype Blue X model was built. Installed in spring 2021, it provided ...

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 ...

Construction of the Bengoh Dam is progressing to schedule. With the objective of securing sufficient water supply for Kuching city and its surrounding areas, the project comes at a time when there is ...