Feasibility studies on the Hydro 2.0 project in Kidston and a hydroelectric power station at Burdekin Falls Dam, both in north Queensland, Australia, have indicated that these projects are viable.
GE Renewable Energy has won a turnkey contract with Star Pumped Storage Ltd for the 344 MW Kokhav Hayarden hydro pumped storage station, the second to be installed in Israel.
Malawi has expressed interest in energy cooperation with China to help tackle its energy crisis.
With the onset of the dry season in Nepal, power generation from the 70 MW Middle Marshyangdi Hydropower Project has fallen to around 30 MW, due to the significant drop in water level in the river basin.
Kenya’s Government said that the drought, following low rainfall during the October and November rainy season, has driven down water levels in dams.
Duke Energy has announced that it plans to spend $152 million to modernise the nearly 50-year-old Markland Hydro Station on the Ohio River, about 25 miles southwest of Cincinnati, in Indiana, USA.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a financing package of $100 million for the rehabilitation of the Kainji and Jebba hydropower plants in Nigeria.